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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
HALL OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL
SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA,
LOGAN SQUARE.
1900-1901.
PRESS OF
C. STOCKHAUSEN
PHILADELPHIA
LIST OK PAPERS.
Banks, Nathan.
A List of Neuropteroid Insects from Mexico . . 361
Bradley, J. Chester.
The North American Oryssidse . . . .817
The Evaniidse of America North of Mexico (Plate xi) 319
Cameron, P.
. Description of a new genus and five new species of
Aculeate Hymenoptera from the Santa Fe Mount-
ains, New Mexico. . . . . . .311
DiETZ, Wm. G., M.D.
On Pigritia Clem. (Plates vi-vii) .... 100
Fall, H. C.
Notes on Dichelonycha and Cantharis, with descrip-
tions of new species in other genera . . . 277
Hayward, Roland.
Synonymical notes on Bembidium and descriptions of
new species . . . . . . . .156
Hunter, W. D.
A Catalogue of the Diptera of South America.- Part
II — Homodactyla and Mydaidse . . . .121
Rehn, James A.. G.
Notes on Mexican Orthoptera, with descriptions of
new species ........ 85
Remarks on some Mexican Orthoptera, with deso'ip-
tions of new species ...... 218
Random Notes on North American Orthoptera . 331
Robertson, Charles.
Some new Aculeate Hymenoptera from Illinois and
Florida 195
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SCHAUS, W.
New species of Geometridae from Tropical America.
Part I 165
New species of Geometridae from Tropical America.
Part II 241
Smith, John B , Sc.D.
Revision of the species of Xylina Ochs. (Plates i-v) 1
Revision of the species of Acontia Ochs. . . 47
Notes on Mamestra olivacea Morr. and its allies (PI. x) 230
TOWNSEND, C. H. T.
New and little known Diptera from the Organ Mount-
ains and vicinity in New Mexico .... 159
Van Duzee, Edward P.
Notes on some Hemiptera from British Guiana . . 343
ViERECK, Henry L.
New species of the Subfamily Pseninse . . . 338
Weeks, A. G., Jr.
Description of nine new Bolivian Butterflies . . 353
Williamson, E. B.
The Subgenus Stylurus Needham : Selys' Groups VI
and VII of the Genus Gomphus (Odonata), and
on the postanal cells in the latter (Plates viii-ix) . 205
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VOLIJN4K XXVII,
COI^TRIBUTIOI^S TOWARD A IflOXOCiRAPH OF THE
NORTH AM ERICA 1¥ »fOCTlJID.«.
REVISION OF THE SPECIES OF XYLINA Ochs.
BY JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D.
The species of Xijlina are characterized by rather narrow, sub-
equal primaries, the costal and inner margins parallel, of nearly the
same length, the outer margin only a little oblique, sometimes
stumpy, often with a cut at the anal angle, the outer margin or
fringes a little dentate. In general habitus the species look de-
pressed or a little flattened, and when at rest the primaries are laid
flat over the abdomen, not sloping or rooflike.
Head small, closely applied to the thorax, but not retracted ;
vestiture of front mixed with bristly hair so that it projects straight
forward, forming more or less evident, superimposed flat tufts.
There are no protuberances, plates or processes. Antennae moder-
ate in length, about two-thirds the length of the primaries, in the
female simple, or ciliated ; in the male ciliated or with lateral tufts
of hair or bristles, not serrated or pectinated in any case. Between
the antennae there is sometimes a brush of rough hair and scales.
Palpi short, reaching only the front in most cases, sometimes reach-
ing almost half way to the vertex. Terminal joint short and obtuse.
Tongue short, functional. Eyes naked, fringed with long, over-
hanging lashes. Thorax quadrate, small or quite moderate, de-
pressed, vestiture hairy, or with a mixture of scales and broad hair,
usually flattened down, but sometimes a little roughened. Collar a
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2 JOHN B. SMITH.
littli' proiluced centrally, excavated on each side of the middle to
tlie base of the joriniaries where it is shouldered. Behind the collar
there is a central thoracic crest which is usually divided and may
extend to the thorax, though much reduced and not there divided.
Abdomen extending to and usually much beyond the anal angle of
the secondaries, untufted, slightly tufted or with prominent dorsal
tufts, obtusely terminated, sides parallel, a little flattened. The
general form of the primaries has been already described, the sec-
ondaries have the outer margin a little excavated below the apex,
in other respects proportionate to the primaries. Legs stout, moder-
ate or rather long, spurs well developed, otherwise unarmed and the
tibire not spinulate. Vestiture of the under side dense woolly.
The venation is normal, secondaries with vein 5 from the cross
vein remote from 4, ranging from obsolete to fairly developed, but
always much weaker than any of the others.
The genus is readily recognized and fairly well defined, none of
the characters varying widely. Such diffei-ences as occur are men-
tioned under specific headings.
The moths usually make their appearance in Fall, hibernate as
adults and again fly a short time in early Spring. Some of the
species are commonly found at night in or around the sap pails in
the " bush " when maple sugar is made.
In geographical distribution the species range northwardly, but
extend from tiie Atlantic to the Pacific. None are southern and
none are peculiar to the plains — so far as known.
In studying this genus I have had before me, besides my own
material, all that belonging to Drs. Barnes and Ottolengui, a selec-
tion of specimens from the U. S. National Museum and a few exam-
ples from Mr. Doll. I have also compared and looked carefully
over the material in the Strecker and Neumogen collections as well
as that in the American Museum of Natural History and the An)eri-
can Entomological Society.
Two color divisions are readily recognized, accompanied by a cer-
tain difference in habitus which is obvious enough, but impossible
of strict definition.
The first of these divisions varies from creamy white to luteous
and to bright red-brown ; the second is of some shade of ash gray,
ranging from almost white to dark blue gray or to greenish. In the
first division the species are as a whole somewhat smaller, the mark-
ings better defined, and there is a dusky j)atch in the submedian
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interspace between the median shade and the t. p. line. This spot
is actually present in every species except semmsta, but not in every
specimen. It is sometimes obscured by darker shadings as in
ferrealis and sometimes washed out; but with a good series at hand
it will be found in all except as above noted. There is also a more
obvious dentation on fringes of the primaries, and the excavation
below the apex of the secondaries is well marked. Semiusta is
again an exception.
Added to these superficial characters the vestiture is uniformly
hairy, and there is a very uniform type in the male genitalia. The
harpes are rather long, in a general way parallel, the tip oblique
and furnished with a small series of spinules, which may be at the
extreme point only, or may occur along the entire oblique edge.
Near the base at the upper margin is attached a moderately long,
curved, corneous hook or clasper, and from this a corneous ridge
extends diagonally to the tip. It extends even beyond the tip in
the form of a mere point or as a slender curved process, varying in
the species, and at about the middle of the ridge there is a broad
tooth or spur of varying form. This description is general of
course, and each species shows its own peculiar combination of
these characters. It justifies the association of the species placed in
the first series on color characters alone.
Semiusta is somewhat pale, rusty red-brown, without contrasts in
maculation ; all the lines even, and all the usual markings traceable.
It is easily recognizable by the even fringes and the absence of the
dark patch in the submedian interspace. The harpes of the male
are rather narrow ; the clasper is moderate in length, stout, curved,
obtuse at tip; the tooth from the oblique ridge is long and sharply
pointed, while the process extending beyond the tip is also long,
slender and a little curved to the acute tip. There are only a few
spinules at the extreme outer tip of the harpe.
Hemiiia and disposita are of a soft creamy gray color, the latter
with a reddish or brownish shading that lightens it throughout and
relieves the markings. In both there is a longitudal black line at
the base ; both have the ordinary spots of good size, outlined in
black, and both have a long tooth from the t. a. line, almost reach-
ing the t. p. line in the submedian interspace. In fact, so far as
maculation is concerned, the two may be considered alike, the uni-
form soft creamy gray, free from any admixture of reddish, serving
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4 JOHN B. SMITH.
well to clistingui.sh Itein'oiu. In sexual strxicture the two differ obvi-
ously, though the resemblance between them is sufficiently close to
indicate their near relationship.
In liemina the tip is somewhat irregular and si)ines extend for
half its length. The hook or clasper is rather small and stout; the
tooth from the oblique ridge is short, broad at base, narrows ab-
ruptly to a sharp point, and the extension beyond the tip tapers
evenly and without curve.
In disposifa the tip is even, and there are a few spinules at the
extreme point only. The hook or clasper is, proportionally, longer
and more slender ; the tooth from the oblique ridge is long, square
at base, with lateral projections at one-third of its length, thence a
little curved to the tip. The extension beyond the tip is long,
rather broad at base, then drawn out into a long point which is a
little curved.
Bethunei, patefacta and innominata are pale species, ranging from
whitish to luteous yellow or reddish. The markings are all fairly
obvious, not strigate, the t. p. line for the most part broken into a
series of geminate, venular dots. The s. t. line is marked by a pre-
ceding series of darker spots or shadings, or the terminal space is
darker. The median shade is oblique from the costa betw'een the
ordinary spots to below the reniform, forming a sort of Y shaped
patch about that spot wdiich is quite characteristic. There is no
longitudinal black line at base; but in some very well marked
specimens there is a false appearance of such a line caused by a
series of black scales below the median vein.
Bethunei is the palest species, the ground being almost whitish in
some examples, washed or mottled with luteous, the shadings of a
deeper tint of this same color or of a silvery gray. As a rule the
median shade is the most conspicuous portion of the wing; but in
some cases the shadings before and beyond the s. t. line are also
contrasting. The harpes of the males are long, the tips very long
and oblique, with a series of small spinules along the edge from the
|)oint to the extension of the corneous ridge. The hook or clasper
is moderate, stout. The tooth from the middle of the oblique ridge
is very broad at base and narrows very abruptly to a slender point.
The extension beyond the tip is an evenly narrowing spur of moder-
ate length.
Patefacta resembles a darker, washed out bethnnci with blackish
secondaries and with an unusually prominent dark s()ot in the sub-
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median interspace before the t. p. line. The species has been and
can easily be confused with its ally; but the darker secondaries dis-
tinguish it readily. The male genitalia differ markedly. The clam-
per is shorter, broader and tapers irregularly to a small rounded tip
almost from the base. There is a small patch of spinules on the
surface of the tip and not at its edge only. The clasper or hook is
rather small and stout. The oblique ridge is broad, its edge irregu-
lar, the tooth at its middle small, three pronged. The extension
beyond the tip is rather short, irregular and drawn to a long point.
Altogether this is totally different from the corresponding parts of
bethimei.
l7inominata, which is the species erroneously determined by Mr.
Grote as signosa Wlk., differs at once by the reddish shading of the
primaries and the blackish secondaries. The maculation of the pri-
maries is almost exactly like that of hethunei, and some washed out
examples are apt to be confusing until the uniformly darker second-
aries and abdomen are noted. The male organs differ from the two
last preceding. The harpes are narrow, elongate and taper along
the lower edge toward a small, nearly pointed tip, edged with a few
spinules. The clasper is much longer and not so stout as in the
allied species. The edge of the oblique ridge is serrated, not pro-
duced into an obvious tooth, and it extends beyond the tip in a long,
curved, pointed [)rocess.
Orimida is a bright red -brown species, the median lines lost, but
the s. t. line prominent and marked with white scales. The extreme
base and the costal region of the primaries are marked with white.
The reniform is filled with white, and the narrow, long, oblique
orbicular is ringed with white. Altogether it is a very distinctly
marked as well as rather a rare species. The harpes are moderate
in length and narrow to a rather small oblique tip which is fringed
at the edge with spinules. The hook or clasper is small and very
stout, the oblique ridge has a rather long pointed tooth at about the
middle and it extends beyond the margin in a short point a little
before the tip.
Gausapata comes in here ; but the species is known to me by the
type only, which is in the American Museum of Natural History.
Mr. Grote speaks of it as allied lo ferrealU, but it is of a dull purple
red, the primaries with a gray bloom. The median lines are indis-
tinct and the reniform is a rusty yellow stain. There is no difficulty
in recognizing this species, which is from California.
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Ferrealis has the costal region, incliidiiig the ordinary spots a
reddish gray or yellow, while the rest of the wing is dnll rusty
brown, the lines all lost. There is no difficulty in separating off
this form, which is the most strongly contrasted of this series. The
male genitalia resemble those of innomliiata most nearly ; hut the
chisper is shorter, there is a slender tooth from the oblique ridge,
and the extension beyond the tip is stouter, the point blunt and less
drawn out.
Amanda is a much lighter reddish gray than any of the other
species, the transverse niaculation obsolete, tending on the whole to
become strigate. The ordinary spots are not defined and there is a
reddish luteous shade through the median cell, extending beyond it
to the margin. Flown specimens have an indescribable faded tinge
that is characteristic. The male genitalia differ markedly from all
the preceding. The harpes are broad, the tip is oblique, its extreme
point with a very few marginal spinules. The clasper is rather
small and very slender. The oblique ridge does not start at the
clasper and ends before the tip. At its base there is a moderate,
rather narrow process, pointed at the tip, and at its extremity it is
produced into a slender, curved process, longer than the width of
harpes.
Of the series of ashen gray species, there are a few that liave no
black longitudinal line or streak at base. This is a character that
must be used with some caution, because it sometimes happens that
a species which normally has such a line or streak loses it by fading,
or, on the other hand, in some dark exaniples of the present series
the black scales on the median vein may simulate a basal line.
Nevertheless, with a reasonable series of normal specimens, there is
no danger of confusion.
Contcida, itata, fagina and lo)i(/ior are the species l)elonging here,
and the absence of this basal line is about the only thing that holds
them together. Yet there is a similarity in the general type of
genital structure, and it does not differ very markedly from that of
the preceding series.
Contenta is a species of moderate size, the veins black marked,
and the interspaces with more or less evident black lines. The dis
tinctive feature is a series of four or more small black dots along
the margins of the ordinary spots, resembling in that particular cer-
tain species of Oiicullia. Everything is confused ; but the ordinarv
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spots have a somewhat luteous shading that renders them obvious
if not contrasting. The harpes of the male genitalia are very
broad at base, narrow abruptly at about the middle, then broaden a
little and are roundedly oblique to an acute superior tip, no part of
which is set with spinules. The clasper is at the middle of the
harpe, long, slender, very strongly curved. The corneous median
ridge has a rather short, stout, flat, pointed central tooth and a
somewhat longer and broader process at the lower angle of
the tip.
Itata is a much smaller species, of a soft powdery gray which ob
scures, while it leaves traceable, most of the ordinary markings.
There are no contrasts, and the only features that are at all relieved
are, a little diffuse black spot in the lower portion of the reniform,
and a similar patch in the submedian interspace where the t. p. line
should be. No male has been seen.
Fagina is larger than either of the preceding and is a much paler
gray ; white powderings over the primaries and especially in the cos-
tal region, giving it a brighter appearance than usual in the genus.
The veins are very narrowly black marked, and in the interspaces
are blackish teeth, forming disconnected parts of the usual lines.
The ordinary spots are practically lost, though the orbicular may be
defined as an oblique and very irregular concolorous spot in some
examples. The harpes of the male are long and narrow, tapering
from outer fourth to an elongate narrowly rounded tip, which is not
set with spinules. The clasper is at the middle, rather moderate in
length and only a little curved. The oblique ridge has a broad
tooth at the middle and a long, curved, pointed process extending
from the middle of the oblique ridge, narrowing to a little be\ond
the rounded tip.
Longior equals the preceding in size, but is broader wins^ed and
seems larger, more robust. It is darker gray, much more strigate,
and here a black basal streak is sometimes indicated. There is,
indeed, a black streaking throughout the wing, the most obvious
being through the submedian interspace and obliquely from below
the reniform to below the apex. The latter is usually accompanied
by a smoky brown shade which umy extend throughout the centre
of the wing. The male genitalia differ markedly from all previous
forms. The long, narrow harpes have the upper edge broadly
corneous, and at tip this is broadened and irregularly emarginate.
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8 JOHN B. SMITH.
The clasper, arising behind the middle, is long, slender and well
curved.
The following seven species, emarginata, holocinerea, georgii,
puella, oregonensis, Winnipeg and unimoda, have a slender black
longitudinal line, which extends beyond the basal half" line and is
not turned into it to form an oval paler patch at the costal area of
base.
Of these, three — eiaargintda, holocinerea and georgii — are so
closely allied that their separation is in some cases a matter of tact
rather than based on positive characters. They are local or Dar-
winian species and agree in a strigulate maculation of i)rimaries, on
which the median transverse lines are either lost or marked on the
costal region only. The male genitalia are of one type, and while
there are differences in each case they are not beyond the reach of
individual variation supplemented by distortion in mounting. This
last factor deserves mention here as it must be taken into consider-
ation in all the following species of the genus. The structures are
actually and projwrtionally large, strongly curved and convex, and
the clasper not only curved into a hook, but also twisted inwardly
and at an angle from the harpe. Flat mounting on a slide is there-
fore impo-ssible without distortion; mounted in a cell no two speci-
mens are so exactly in the same position, that seen at the same plane
they give exactly the same figure, x^s all the sketches are made
with the camera lucida, differences could be made to appear even
where none exist. Wherever possible several mounts have been
made for each species, and the one selected for figuring has been
that which best gave what seemed to be the characteristics of the
species.
In the three species under consideration the harpes are long,
rather narrow^ curved and convex ; the tip is emarginate, the lower
angle drawn out into an acute point, the upper into a narrow, blunt
angle. The upper margin near the tip is serrated, and there is a
curved enlargement almost at the base of the clasper, which is also
toothed. The clasper is a long, curved and twisted corneous hook.
Emarginata is very whitish gray, the longitudinal streakings
along the veins very narrow and inconspicuous, and the ordinary
spots obsolete or only feebly marked. The s. t. line is indicated in
all the specimens by a slightly darker shade, but it is not at all
prominent in any sense or case. The species is quite as pale as any
fagina, but has the black basal line obvious in all ca.ses. The fig-
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iires on Plates I and II should be referred to for the differences
between the species liere.
Holocinerea is decidedly deeper, more bluish gray, the ordinary
spots being relieved, the reniform often with a faint reddish or
brownish tinge. The streakings are evident throughout the prima-
ries, and there is an obvious series of smoky or blackish spots pre-
ceding the s. t. line. There is no case where any doubt has arisen
as between this and the preceding species.
Georgii is a little paler gray, less strigate than holocinerea,
darker, better marked and with a more obvious s. t. shading than
in emargiiiata. The median lines are better marked than in either
of the preceding, and as a whole the size averages a little smaller
than its allies. The two last mentioned species are much more
closely allied than either is to' emarginata and I hesitated as to their
distinctness. There is, however, a certain habital difference which
will, I feel convinced, justify the species when both forms have been
studied in large series.
Puella is a bright species in which the maculation is neatly de-
fined on a very pale ashen ground. The median lines and the
median shade cross the wing, and the ordinary spots are completely
defined by narrow black lines. All the specimens before me are
females, but the superficial characters are, in this case, sufficient to
place the species beyond all reasonable doubt.
Oregonensis is a near ally, but is smaller and the maculation is
not nearly so well defined. The t. a. line is complete, but neither t.
p. line nor median shade get much below the costa, while the basal
space above the black streak is paler and the reniform has a slight
reddish shade. The harpes of the male resemble those of latici-
nerea, but both angles of the tip are extended, the lower not nearly
so much as the upper.
Winnipeg and unimoda are very obscurely marked forms which
may become troublesome. Both are rather dull ashen grsiy, unimoda
being the paler of the two. The black line at the base is often very
obscure, so that it would seem almost referable to the series in which
that distinction is wanting, but the orbicular is here well defined
and there is no tendency to the strigate or denticulate type of macu-
lation. Other specimens have the basal space above, a little paler,
and in such cases resemble the antennata group very closely, but
they are more evenly colored, the median shade is scarcely marked
and the reniform is very imperfectly defined.
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10 JOHN B. SMITH.
Winnipeg is the darker of the two and a little smaller. There
are no contrasts in maculation and the orbicular is scarcely paler
than the rest of the wing. The genitalia of the male are charac-
teristic and tend to combine features of both the oregonensis and the
(intennata type. The harpe is large, curved and convex, the upper
angle of the emarginate tip produced, the upper margin with a
rounded protuberance, the edge of which is dentate. The clasper is
a very long curved hook of moderate thickness.
Unimoda is larger and paler gray, the orbicular better defined
and distinctly more whitish than the rest of the wing, so that it is,
obviously, the most conspicuous feature of a very inconspicuously
marked form. The male harpes are altogether different from any
others, the tip being acutely notched, the margins even, though not
parallel. The clasper is a very long, curved and twisted hook.
In all the remaining species the black basal dash extends only to
the basal half line, usually making a junction with it so as to in-
close a paler patch on the costal portion of the base. This feature
is variably distinct, of course, but traceable in even the most ob-
scurely marked grotei that I have seen.
Some of the species have the median lines connected by a black
longitudinal line, either crossing the entire median space or extend-
ing from the claviform to the t. p. line. Most of the species have
no connection of this kind and these will be first considered.
Laticinerea and grotei agree in dull, ashen gray color ; primaries
with the space between the ordinary spots not at all darker, and the
reniform without a trace of reddish or brown shade or flu.sh.
Laticinerea is the larger and darker of the two, the fore wing
having a peculiar rough ai)pearance as from uplifted black scales.
Out of this the orbicular is relieved by whitish powderings, and the
s. t. line is marked by contiguous, black, sagittate preceding spots.
In the male the harpes are larger and convex, narrowing rather
regularly to an obliquely excavated tip, the upper angle of which is
long drawn out. The lateral margins are even, but there is a trian-
gular flat process arising toward the middle, which is rough and
irregularly set with smaller hair. The clasi)er is a long, slender,
curved and somewhat twisted hook.
Grotei is smaller and of a more even gray throughout. The ves-
titure is comparatively smooth, and the orbicular does not stand out
in contrast to the ground, though it may be as pale as in the preced-
ing species. The dusky shade before the s. t. line is rarely contrast-
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ing. Line for Hue, mark for mark and shade for shade, the two
species here grouped may be made to agree, and it is not surprising
that they have been considered identical. Yet with the two fornis
separated out in a good series of each, their difference is obvious.
With single examples there may be difficulty unless reference be had
to the male genitalia.
In grotei the harpes are very broad at base, constricted a little
before the middle at the origin of the clasper, where also they curve
inward and upwardly, enlarged from the inferior margin, where
there is a crescent of saw teeth, and again narrowed to an irregu-
larly broken tip.
It may be said here that Mr. M. V. Slingerland has bred these
species as well as antennata which immediately follows, and, while
they are similar, the larvse yet bear out the distinctness of the species.
All the other .species in this series, in which the median lines are
not connected, have the reniform more or less flushed with reddish
or brown, and the space between the ordinary spots darker, except-
ing only virldipallens, which is recognizable by its peculiar greenish
gray primaries.
Antennata tends to the preceding s{)ecies, but is smaller and
shorter winged, besides being much brighter in color. In compari-
son with its associates it is less contrastingly marked, the median
lines more or less incomplete and the reniform narrow, centrally a
little constricted. The median shade is not prominent and the pri-
maries have a reddish rather than a bluish flush. The harpes of
the male are moderately broad and narrow irregularly from both
sides to a long, bluntly rounded, very narrow tip. The inferior
margin has two irregularly toothed excrescences. The clasper is a
short, stout, curved hook. This species has also been confused with
grotei, but is abundantly distinct.
Torrida is blue gray, except for the reddish flush in the reniform.
It is longer winged than any other in this group and finds its nearest
ally rather in antennata than in tepida to which the brightness at
first seems to ally it. This is carried out by the fact that the orbicu-
lar extends below the median vein into a suborbicular, as is uni-
formly the case in the species allied to grotei. The genitalia of the
male resemble those of unimoda in the notched tip, and those of
grotei in the toothed, irregular extension from the lower margin of
the harpe. The clasper is long, slender, curved arid twisted.
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12 JOHN B. SMITH.
Tcplda is agiiin smaller and shorter winged. It is somewhat less
blue in tint, the median shade prominent, reniform broad, the sides
rounded, and the orbicular not extending below the median vein.
The harjx's of the male narrow from both sides to the tip, where
they are drawn out into a long, slender, acute process. The clas])er
is moderately long, only a little curved and tapers to a point.
Querquera has much the same ground color, but the niaculation is
not contrastingly written. The black markings at base are promi
nent ; the space between the ordinary spots is black; the reniform
is brownish, and there are two black patches preceding the s. t. line.
All else is subdued or lost and the species looks odd as well as dis-
tinctive. .It is probable that this species on a lichen covered tree is
l)ractically invisible so long as it remains quiescent. In genital
structure it resembles tepida ; but the clasper is much stouter and is
bluntly terminated at tip. At the base of the clasper is a two-
pronged corneous process which seems to serve as an accessory to it.
Viridipallem is of a uniform greenish gray and all the n)acula-
tion is present, but it is all smoky or of a darker gra}'^, without
obvious contrasts of any kind and without a distinct black point
anywhere in the wing. This form would be invisible on the trunk
of a beech or po[)lar, or on a lichen covered stone. The species is
very rare and I have no male for dissection.
Pexdbt and diJatonda are large, smoky brown species, with large
reniform and a black line extending from the tip of the claviforni
to the t. [). line, thus connecting with the t. a. line. The transverse
niaculation is complete, and the s. t. space is somewhat j)aler than
the rest of the wing before the s. t. line. They difier from all the
rest of the species in the prominent abdominal tufts.
Pexata is the darker of the two and has a rough, squamose ap-
pearance. The ordinary spots, though large, are not contrasting or
prominent, and there are no smooth shadings in the fore wings. The
harpes of the male are moderate and narrow somewhat to an ob-
tusely rounded tip, which is inwardly fringed with spinules. The
upper margin near the tip has two prongs, arising from a corneous
ridge, the outer shorter and pointed, the inner loiiger, more even and
rounded at tip. The clasper is a short, thick, blunt, corneous process.
In this structure the insect is nearer to the type of the first series
than to tho.se with whom its ornamental features associate it here.
Pexata has bee'n considered as a form of the European ingrica,
and has a superficial resemblance to it. But the male characters of
iHt/ririi arc entirely ditierent and the two are not even closely related.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 13
Dilatocula has somewhat broader, more trigonate wings, the apices
a little more pointed. The vestiture of the primaries is smooth,
more bright, the ordinary spots contrasting. The orbicular is round
and clear gray. The reniform is very large, almost as broad as long,
with a bright reddish flush and no smoky filling. It has a close
general resemblance to pexata, but is larger, and owing to the wing
form, has a different habitiis. The harpes are broad and taper to a
narrow, squarely cut-off" tip which is fringed at the edge with spi-
nules. Along the upper margin is a corneous thickening from
which arise two large, thick, pointed thumbs or processes; the inner
being the thicker and tapering abruptly to a blunt tip. The clasper
is a short, thick, slightly curved process, cut off" at tip.
Lepida and thaxteri are totally different in appearance from all
the other species, seeming mottled and with a black bar betv/een
the median line in the submedian interspace.
Lejnda is deep blue-gray, without reddish shadings on primaries,
the markings not greatly contrasting. The secondaries have a dis-
tinct reddish tinge. The male genitalia are very simple; the harpes
are broad at base, nearly even to about the middle, whence they
narrow evenly to a pointed tip. The clasper is moderate in length
and thickness and is curved, sickle shape.
Thaxteri is shaded with reddish and has the maculatiou promi-
nen-tly contrasting, so that it seems marbled. The chief reddish
shades are at the base, along the internal margin and over the reni
form. It is somewhat difficult to describe the genitalia of the male.
The harpes narrow abruptly at about the middle, the tip is small,
oblique, set with spinules along the edge. Obliquely across this
harpe extends a broad, corneous plate, which develops in one direc-
tion a curved, toothed process, and in the other a long, somewhat
scoop shaped spur. The clasper is moderately long, not much
curved and pointed at tip.
Of the other species heretofore referred to Xylina, capax, denti-
linea and carbonaria belong to other genera, leaving none that I
have not actually seen.
While, in several series, the species are closely allied, yet, as a
whole, they are fairly marked. Arranged in tabular form, it re-
quires a little tact to place and recognize the species; but if the
character of the basal streak be n(jt too strictly interpreted the
following table should serve to identify the species:
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14 JOHN B. SMITH.
TABLE OF SPECIES.
1. Species with a reddish, brown or yellowish shading:, never ashen or blackish.
gray 2.
Ashen or blackish gray species 7.
2. Fringes of primaries dentate; t. a. line with a great outward tooth in the
submedian interspace, followed by a dusky patch connecting with the
t. p. line 3.
Fringe of primaries even; t. a. line evenly outcurved in the interspaces,
without a long tooth approaching the t. p. line ; color reddish.
seiniiista.
3. Creamy or reddish gray, with a distinct basal black line; ordinary spots de-
fined 4.
Whitish yellow to reddish luteous, no obvious basal black line, orbicular ob-
scured 5.
Ked or gray-brown, with an obscure, brown or black basal line ; orbicular elon-
gate, decumbent, maculatiou tending to become strigate and lost- . • .6.
4. Ground color soft creamy gray ; markings black, but not distinctly relieved.
hemina.
Ground color with a distinct red or brownish shading; markings distinctly
relieved diNpowita.
5. Whitish, with luteous washings and shadings, maculation fairly defined ;
secondaries paler ... . belli iiiiei.
Somewhat more grayish, maculation washed out; secondaries smoky or
blackish patef acta.
Luteous, with reddish shadings, maculation fairly defined ; secondaries
blackish iiiiioiuinata.
6. Bright red-brown; costa marked with white; ordinary spots ringed with
white; s. t. line white marked oriiiiida.
Uniform purplish red, with a gray bloom, not strigate; reniform a rusty yel-
low stain gauNapata.
Costal region yellowish or grayish ; lower portion of primaries dark rusty
brown, obscuring all maculation ; ordinary spots not white ringed ;
s. t. line luteous ferrealis.
Uniform rusty and gray streaked; all the maculation obscured; ordinary
spots evident Mignosa.
Washed out reddish gray, streaky, all maculatiou as well as the ordinary
spots lo.st aiiiaiKla.
7. No black basal streak or longitudinal line 8.
A slender black longitudinal line extending beyond the basal half line and
not in any way joined to it 9.
A black line from the base extends to and connects with the basal half line,
forming a sort of curved mark at base which is often margined above
by paler scales 13.
8. With short fine black streakings in the interspaces; a series of s. t. spots;
ordinary spots marked by a number of black dots couleiita.
Uniform soft ashen gray, with slender black lines in the submedian inter-
space only ; ordinary spots visible but not defined ilata.
Costa a little white marked ; veins narrowly black lined and, in the inter-
spaces, are disconnected dentate lines, as if parts of very strongly
dentate median lines; ordinary spots practically lost fagiiia.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 15
A smoky shading through the center of the primaries ; irregular interspaceal
black lines and teeth; an oblique smoky subapical shading; ordinary
spots visible in most specimens and sometimes defined. . . -longior.
9. Maculation obscured, strigulate ; median lines lost or traceable only in the
costal region 10.
Maculation not strigulate; median lines at least traceable throughout or dis-
tinct 11.
10. Ashy white, powdery: veins black streaked, markings obsolete or only feebly
marked cinarginata.
Bluish ash-gray; veins black streaked, s. t. line distinctly marked by sagit-
tate spots lioloc'iiierea.
More even, less strigate, ashen gray ; t. a. line feebly traceable across the
wing geoi'jifii.
11. Maculation clearly written on a whitish gray ground, not strigate; t. p. line
and median shade complete; reniform without reddish shading, not
strigate ; basal black line distinct, the space above it not in any way
contrasting piiella.
Maculation less clearly written ; t. p. line and median shade not obvious
below middle of wing; reniform with a faint reddish shading; basal
streak distinct, space above it paler, contrasting. . . .oregoiieii!>iis.
Maculation obscurely written on a powdery, dull ashen ground ; basal black
line faintly marked, soinetimes hardly traceable 12.
12. Smaller, darker, more powdery ; reniform broader, orbicular less contrasting.
Winnipeg.
Larger, paler, less powdery; reniform narrow, orbicular somewhat contrasting.
nninioda.
13. A black bar connects the median lines in the submediau interspace ; macula-
tion marbled 22.
A black line extends from the tip of the claviform to the t. p. line ; reniform
very large and broad 21.
No connection between the median lines ; ordinary spots normal 14.
14. Primaries more elongate, dull ashen gray; space between ordinary spots not
darker ; reniform not marked with reddish 15.
Primaries shorter, brighter in color, more contrasting ; space between ordin-
ary spots always darker, sometimes contrasting; reniform more or
less obviously shaded with reddish 16.
Primaries uniform greenish gray 20.
15. Powdered with black scales so as to give a rough, squamosa appearance ; or-
bicular white powdered, oblique, contrasting; s. t. line made promi-
nent by distinct sagittate black spots laticinerea.
Paler gray, not or not so much powdered, smoother; orbicular not contrast-
I ing ; s. t. line not prominently marked grotei.
16. Median lines not well marked; t. p. line partly obsolete; reniform narrow,
constricted centrally anteiinata.
Median lines complete, well marked ; reniform large 17.
17. Ground color ashen gray 18.
Ground color greenish gray 19.
18. Larger, longer winged; median shade not prominent; reniform with sides
subparallel ; suborbicular present torrida.
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16 JOHN B. SMITH.
Smaller, short winged ; median shade prominent; reniforni almost as broad
as long, sides rounded ; no suborbicular tepitla.
19. All the lines well marked ; s. t. line preceded for its full length by black
spots bailey i.
All the lines indistinct ; s. t. line marked by a geminate black spot opposite
anal angle and by another opposite cell querqiiera.
20. All the lines and marks present, none of them in the least contrasting.
viridipalleiis.
21. Dark, blackish brown; vestiture very rough, squaniose; orbicular oblong,
oblique, not contrasting; reniform reddish and smoky filled.
pexata.
Color as before ; vestiture more even ; orbicular round, clear gray ; reniform
very large, contrasting, reddish, without smoky filling. ..(lilatocula.
22. Maculation not prominently contrasting, no reddish shadings in primaries;
dark blue-gray lepida.
Maculation prominently contra.sting, with reddish shades at base, along in-
ternal margin and over reniform thaxteri.
Xylina $«einiusta Grote.
1874, Grt., 6th Kept. Peab. Ac. Sri., 34. Lithophane.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 228, Xylina.
General color of head, thorax and primaries a powdery, rusty red over a
luteous base. Secondaries and abdomen more yellowish. Head and thorax im-
maculate. Primaries with the normal maculation all traceable, marked rather
by paler included shades, than by defining lines. Basal half line marked on
costa, yellowish. T. a. line geminate, the included space yellowish, defining
lines diffuse, scarcely darker than ground. In course outwardly oblique, a little
outcurved in the interspaces, most obviously so below the median vein. T. p.
line rather evenly and slightly sinuate, a little drawn in opposite the anal angle ;
inner defining line obscure, a little lunulate, the outer a series of black, white
centered venular dotlets; included space broad and a little yellowish. S. t. line
paler luteous, defined l)y the darker, smoky, terminal space. There is a series of
small, blackish intersiiaceal terminal spots. Median shade a little darker red or
brown, diffuse, darkening the outer portion of the median space, but not
markedly. Orbicular moderate, oval, oblique, narrowly outlined in yellow and
a little lightened by yellowish scales. Reniform moderate in size, upright, little
or not at all constricted centrally, annulate with yellowish, filled with smoky
shadings above and below which give it in some instance a figure-8 appearance.
Secondaries immaculate, save that the veins are little darker and the fringes a
little paler. Beneath powdery, all wings with a discal spot, primaries with ter-
minal space usually a little paler, secondaries with usually an extra median
dusky line.
Expands 33-35 mm. = 1.32-1.40 inches.
Hab. — Canada, New England States, northern New York.
This species differs from all tiie others by its color, its very even
onuiinentation lacking all contrasts, by the even fringes of the pri-
maries and by the entirely hairy vestiture. It is not a common
form, and I have not had it from any point in New Jersey. The
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTEKA. 17
antennae of the male are closely ciliate, the edges of the joints a
little marked. Four males and females are under examination,
showing no evidence of notable variation. Nor have I seen any
appearance of such in other collections.
Xylina heiniiia Grote.
1879, Grt., Bull. U. S. Geo). Surv., v, 202, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mas., 227, Xi/lina.
Ground color of head, thorax and primaries a dull, creamy gray, powdered
with smoky or black scales. Abdomen and secondaries smoky, the fringes pale,
contrasting. Head with a black line across the middle of the front. Collar with
a black line below the tip. Primaries with all the maculation present, fairly
well written, median lines geminate, all the lines well marked on the costa.
Basal half line rarely complete, but sometimes it meets a black basal streak, in-
closing a somewhat paler basal blotch. This basal black streak becomes some-
what diffuse inferiorly and sometimes extends almost to the t. a. line. T. a. line
broken, the defining lines very slender, inner often obsolete, included space con-
colorous, strongly dentate, the outward tooth in the submedian interspace reach-
ing nearly to the t. p. line and joined to it by a black shade spot. T. p. line
rather even, well outcurved over the cell and a little sharply drawn in below
vein 2, leaving a wide s. t. space. A series of geminate venular dots forms the
outer margin of the t. p. line. S. t. line pale, irregularly sinuate, preceded by
small blackish shadings opposite the cell and anal angle, and followed by larger
blotches at the same points. There is a broken, black terminal line. Median
shade usually evident and sometimes distinct, always darkening the space be-
tween the ordinary spots and usually marked from the lower margin of reniform
to the margin. Orbicular irregularly oval, oblique, outlined in black, sometimes
concolorous, sometimes smoky filled and then annulate with gray. Eeniform
upright, a little oblique, larger superiorly, black ringed, sometimes concolorous,
sometimes smoky filled and then annulate with pale. Secondaries smoky or
blackish, with a darker discal lunule, fringes whitish. Beneath, primaries with
disk blackish, terminal space gray, powdery ; secondaries gray, powdery, with
an extra median blackish line. All wings with a large black discal spot.
Expands 35-40 mm. = 1.40-1.60 inches.
Hab. — Canada; New England; Northern New York in Septem-
ber ; Volga, South Dakota ; Decatur, Illinois, April 8th ; Cart-
wright, Manitoba ; Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Five males and one female are under examination. The macula-
tion is nowhere at all contrasting, and there is a tendency to a
blackish suffusion, which is strongly marked in the specimen from
Cartwright, Manitoba. The vcstiture is mixed, fine and flattened
hair, the anterior divided crest very distinct. The male anteniiae
are ciliated, joints a little marked.
Xylina <Ii$$posit» Morrison.
1874, Morr., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 116, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus. 227, Xylina.
Ground color of head, thorax and primaries stone gray, with a reddish tinge
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18 JOHN B. SMITH.
throughout. Secondaries smoky, the fringes paler or even whitish. Head with
superimposed tufts obvious, forming — in good examples — two shelves, between
which the antennae arise. A deep brown line crosses the middle of the front and
below this there is a brownish shade. Sides of the palpi blackish. A narrow
black line just below the tip of the collar, sometimes only extending around the
base of the divided crest. Patagiae with a blackish line at the base of the prima-
ries. Abdomen with loose hair at base and little scale tufts on the dorsum, of
which that on the third segment is a little prominent in good specimens. A black
streak at base, extending to the basal half line and a little diffuse inferiorly.
Basal line geminate, brown, very oblique, broken, terminating in a blackish
blotch 01) the basal streak. T. a. Hue geminate, brown or black, broken, very
irregular, the long tooth in the submedian interspace in some cases actually
reaching the t. p. line so that the median shade crosses the loop instead of be-
tween the two lines. T. p. lines with a long outcurve over cell, drawn in below
reniform, inner portion slender, denticulate, the outer a sei-ies of venular dots.
S. t. line of the ground color, irregularly sinuate, preceded by a broken, rusty
brown shading, best marked opposite the cell and anal angle, followed by black-
ish shadings at the same points. These shadings are usually prominent, and
sometimes fill a large part of the terminal space. A series of small, black, termi-
nal marks. Fringes interlined with dark brown. The median shade is distinct
on the costa, brown or smoky, extends obliquely and darkens the space between
the ordinary spots— then is broken, a little diffuse, and runs parallel close to the
t. p. line, becoming blackish at the point where the two lines almost touch, and
thus connecting them. The orbicular is moderate in size, black ringed, oval,
oblique, the centre usually a little dusky. Reniform of good size, broad, a little
oblique, upper portion a little larger, black ringed, centre a little dusky. Sec-
ondaries with veins a little darker and the discal spot of under side visible above.
Beneath, primaries smoky to a pale, powdery terminal space; secondaries with
an extra median smoky line. All wings with a large discal spot.
Expands 35-40 mm. = 1.40-1.60 inches.
H(ib.—Ci\nii(\ii; New England States; Northern New York;
Wayne Co., Pennsylvania ; Fort INIadison, Iowa.
Sixteen males and one female show little vai-iation. The shade
of the ground color differs a little, as does the relative distinctness
of the markings; but on the whole the specimens are very much
alike. The antennjie of the male are ciliated, and there is a series
of raised black scales along the inner side toward base. The
thoracic vestiture is mostly flattened hair.
Xyliiia betliiiiiei Grote and Eobinson.
1868, G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 354, pi. 7, f. 56, Xylina.
1869, Bethune, Can. Ent., i, 86, Xylina.
1874, Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 33, Litho2)hnne.
Ground color of head, thorax and primaries creamy white, shaded with luteous
and (wwdered with black atoms. Abdomen and secondaries smoky, with a yel-
lowish tinge, often fading to gray, fringes white or nearly so. Head with super-
imposed tufts; front with a brown transverse line below the middle. Collar
with a narrow brown or blackish line below the tip, but this is often obsolete.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 19
Patagife with a smoky tinge at base of primaries. A series of small abdominal
tufts is found in perfect examples. Primaries more or less yellow shaded, the
triangular space between the outwardly bent median shade and the t. p. line
being the darkest portion of the wing. Basal line geminate, luteous, marked in
the costal space only. T. a. line geminate, marked by black dots on the veins,
luteous and with outward teeth in the interspaces. T. p. line abruptly bent on
the costa, then as a whole very nearly parallel with the outer margin, best
marked by a geminate series of small venular dotlets. S. t. line of the ground
color, a little irregular, preceded by a continuous, though somewhat irregular
luteous or brownish shading. Terminal space more or less completely gray pow-
dered. A series of small, black, terminal crescents. Median shade luteous or a
little brownish, forming with the t. p. line a V-shaped space, which is a little
darker than the rest of the wing. A blackish blotch unites the median lines in
the submedian interspace. Orbicular oblique, irregular, not well defined. Eeni-
form large, upright or a little oblique, larger superiorly, outlined in rusty brown
and sometimes filled with brownish or pale gray, leaving a concolorous annulus.
Beneath pale, powdery, varying a little in tint, all wings with a more or less
obvious, outer, dusky line and a distinct, blackish discai spot.
Expands 35-40 mm. = 1.40-1.60 inches.
Hab. — Canada, west to Winnipeg, Manitoba; New England,
Middle and Central State.s ; Columbu.s, Ohio ; Central Mis.souri ;
Berkeley, Colorado.
Fourteen males and five females are under examination and show
little variation. There is a little difference in the amount of yellow,
dependent somewhat upon whether the specimen was taken in Fall
or in Spring, and so there is a variation in the amount of black
powdering, especially in the terminal space. The antennse in the
male are ciliated.
This is the most abundant and widely distributed form of this
pale series, extending as it does to the Rocky Mountains, west-
wardly, and to the District of Columbia and Missouri on the South.
It will probably be found in all except the South Atlantic and Gulf
States, as far west as the Rockies at least.
Xylina patefacta Walker.
1858, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xiv, 1733, Xylina.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 231, Xi/lina.
Head, thorax and primaries reddish gray; abdomen and secondaries deep
smoky or blackish, fringes pale, with a reddish tinge. Head with superimposed
tufts, below which is a black frontal line. Collar with a traceable black line
below the tip, around the divided crest. The maculation of the primaries is all
obscured. The usual lines are marked by geminate spots on the costa and by
geminate black venular dots, indicating a course similar to that in the allied spe-
cies. Median shade distinct, from the costa oblique to the lower part of reui-
form, then lost in the very distinct blackish patch before the t. p. line in the
submedian interspace. S. t. line of the ground color, a little irregular, preceded
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20 JOHN B. SMITH.
by a narrow, rusty brown shade wliicli is not continuous, and followed by a vague
gray powdering, wliich sometimes darkens the terminal space. A broken, brown,
terminal line is fairly evident. Orbicular practically obsolete, i. e., it is traceable
by the general character of the shadings, but not in any way outlined. Reni-
form a little paler tlian the surrounding shade, not outlined, large, upright, the
upper portion larger tlian the lower. Beneath powdery, reddish gray, primaries
except terminal space a little darker, secondaries with a vague exterior line; all
wings with a blackish discal spot.
Expands 32-35 mm. = 1.28-1.40 inches.
Hab. — Canada; Monroe Co., New York; Gloucester Co., New
Jerse}', March 16th.
Three male specimens only. Examples of this species may be
mixed with bethunei or signosa ; hut I do not remember seeing any
in the collections recently examined. The male antennae are ciliated.
Xylina innoiniiiata Smith.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, Xylina.
signosH Grt. not Walker.
1874, Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 33. Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, pr. syn.
Head, thorax and primaries reddish luteous, with a rusty red powdering.
Abdomen reddish gray, the dorsal tufts minute at best and present only in per-
fect examples. Head with a brown line below the usual tufts. Collar with an
indefinite brown or blackish line — which may be obsolete — below the tip, at the
base of the rather low divided crest. Primaries with the niaculatiou imperfect,
yet all easily recognizable. Basal line geminate, oblique, brown, marked on the
costa and by dots on the median vein. T. a. line marked by geminate, black,
venular dots, and in exceptional specimens by brown, interspaceal, outward
angles. T. p. line iiiarked by geminate black, venular dots, parallel with outer
margin, a curved black line in the subinedian interspace marking the limit of
the prominent brown or blackish patch connecting with the t. a. line. S. t. line
concolorous, preceded by a rusty shade, which is more or less broken and followed
by black powderings in the terminal space, which may darken the veins only,
may group into geminate spots opposite anal angle and cell, or may, rarely,
darken the entire terminal space. A series of black or brown terminal lunules.
The median shade is obvious in all specimens and prominent in some; broad,
ol)lique from costa between the ordinary spots, lost in the blackish patcli in the
submedian interspace, and traceable below this as a narrow, diffuse, brown line.
Orbicular not defined, usually traceable by its slightly paler tint, large, oblique,
oblong. Reniform large, broader above, a little constricted centrally, outlined
in rusty brown, usually with a little dark filling inferiorly. Secondaries dark
smoky, with a yellowish tint, fringes yellow, a darker discal lunuleand a broken,
darker terminal line feebly visible. Beneath reddish, powdery, disc of primaries
often blackish; secondaries often with an exterior dark line, all wings with a
discal spot.
Expands 35-40 mm. = 1.40-1.60 inches.
Hah. — Quehec to Vancouver; New England and Middle Atlan-
tic .States ; Colorado; Seattle, Washington.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 21
Eleven males and seven females are under present observation.
The species is not rare and is very widely distributed. I have no
record of its occurrence south of Northern New Jersey ; but it ex-
tends through British America and the Northern United States,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with very little variation.
The antenn?e of the male are ciliated, but not much more so than
in the female. The thoracic vestiture is mixed, fine and flattened
hair, with the latter somewhat predominating.
Xyliiia oriuiida Grote.
1874, Grt., Bull. Buff. Sue. Nat. Soi., ii. 160, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 228. Xylina.
Head, thorax and primaries red-lirowu. Abdomen and secondaries smoky,
with a brown tinge, the fringes concolovous except at the tip, where they are
whitish. Head with a black line below the ordinary tufts; antennse with yellow
scales at base, and in the male with black, elevated scales thickening the basal
third on the inner side. Collar tipped with yellow scales, below which, at the
base of the rather low, divided crest, there is a narrow black line. Primaries
with the costal region yellowish white to the t. p. line, interrupted by shades of
the ground color and by the geminate median lines. There is a small, black,
longitudinal line at base extending to the basal half line, and above this the
basal space is whitish. T. a. line marked in the pale costal space and then lost,
except for the black tooth in the suhmedian interspace, which is connected by a
black patch with the t. p. line. T. p. line marked on the costa, thence indicated
by geminate white dots on the veins, except in the submediau interspace, where
a curved black line limits the blackish patch which extends from the outward
tooth of the t. a. line. S. t. line whitish, slender, irregularly though not strongly
sinuate, emphasized by a fragmentary, somewhat more rusty brown shade and
by a slightly darker terminal space. Black, followed by pale scales base the con-
colorous fringes, which are narrowly cut, opposite the veins, by pale lines. The
median shade is marked across the costal space only. Orbicular narrow, oblique,
oblong, white ringed. Eeniform moderate in size, a little enlarged above, white
ringed and superiorly white powdered. Beneath primaries smoky, terminal
space brown, powdery, as is the entire costal region ; discal spot obvious. Second-
aries powdery, reddish brown in the costal region, becoming more yellowish in-
wardly, with a smoky exterior line and a distinct, smoky discal spot.
Expands 34-37 mm. = 1.36 1.48 inches.
Hab.— Canada; Pennsylvania; Wisconsin.
There is only, a single male before me at present and I have seen,
perhaps, half a dozen others, recently ; none of them diflering in
any important particulars from the description just given. Tliere
seems to be a little variation in tlie depth of the ground color, and
in the extent of the pale powdering along the costa ; but there is no
chance of mistaking the species. The antenuiie of the male are cili-
ated and a little scale thickened at the base.
The thoracic vestiture is a mixture of fine and flattened hair.
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22 JOHN B. SMITH.
Xylina gaiisapata Grote.
1883, Grote, Papilio, iii, 77, Lithophane.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, Xylina.
Allied to petnlca. Entirely of a dull purple-red, the primaries showing a gray
bloom. Fore wings with the two mesial lines brown, subparallel, outwardly
oblique from costa, more or less fragmentary and indistinct. Reniform a rusty
yellow stain. Claviform indicated in pale, with a small, brown, following mark.
Hind wings and abdomen dull red. Beneath, a brown discal spot on secondaries.
Frontal tuft a little darker beneath.
Hab. — kSodii iSpi-ing-s in October (Behreus).
One bred specimen, the wing.s on the left side a little unexpanded.
The marking are simple and the species readily deta('he<l. It is
much darker and more richly colored than its eastern allies, petulea,
ferrealis, etc.
The above is, in es.sentials, Mr. Grote's description.
The type is in the Edwards collection, and unlike any other of
the species in color, hence easily recognizable. The "claviform"
referred to in Mr. Grote's description is the long tooth of the t. a.
line characteristic of this series, and the brown following mark is
as in ferrealis and the allied forms. The thoracic crest is very
prominent but not so obviously divided. The abdominal tuftings
are not obvious in the specimen.
Xylina ferrealis Grote.
1874, Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Acad. Sci., 32, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, Xi/Hnn.
Head, thorax and primaries dull red-brown, powdered with gray scales. Head
with a deep brown line below the ordinary tufts, the space between them gray.
Collar gray tipped, a more or less obvious black line bordering this gray tip
below. Thoracic crest prominent in good examples and gray powdered. Patagise .
also gray powdered, the vestiture tine hair and flattened scales. In many speci-
mens the collar inferiorly is of the same color as the costal region of primaries,
and the thoracic disc agrees with the disc of primaries. Primaries with costal
region more or less gray from base to apex, a dark brown shade extending
through the centre of the wing. A slender, obscure, black longitudinal line
margins the i)ale costal space basjilly. Basal half line marked by geminate,
brown, obli(}ue lines across the basal space. T. a. line marked by geminate,
oblique brown lines on costa, and thereafter chiefly by pale included shades, thus
defining the usual long outward tooth in the submedian interspace. T. p. line
geminate, brown across the I'ale costal space, punetiform and geminate where
traceable on the veins below this point. S. t. line yellowish red, diffuse, incom-
plete, irregular, lost in the costal space. Median shade marked between the
ordinary spots, and sometimes across the costal region. A series of black termi-
nal lunules and a pale line at the base of the fringes. Orbicular narrow, oblique,
ringed with luteous, centre grayish or reddish, sometimes concolorous with cos-
tal region, approaching close to and .sometimes touching the reniform. Reniform
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 23
moderate, larp:er superiorly, a little contracted at the middle, pale ringed, of the
pale costal shade, except inferiorly, where it is brown shaded. The pale outward
tooth of the t. a. line at first sight resembles a claviform spot, Beneath pow-
dery, disc of primaries blackish, costal and terminal region reddish gray ; second-
aries with a smoky extra median line; all wings with a smoky discal spot.
Expands 34-42 mm. = 1.36-1.68 inches.
Hah. — Canada ; New England ; Northern New York ; Hopat-
cong, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Six males and seven females are at hand and vary only in the
aincnint of contrast between the costal and central portions of the
wing. The ordinary spots are extensions of the pale costal space
and are usually well relieved.
In the males the antennal joints are ciliated, and the basal third
is a little thickened by black scales on the inner side.
Xyliua signosa Walker.
1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xi, 627, Xylina.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, XnUna.
petulca Grote.
1874, Grt., 6th Kept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 31, Lithophnne.
1891, Butler, Entomologist, xxiv, 242, pr. syn.
1893, Smith. Bull. 44. U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, pr. syn.
Head, thorax and primaries reddish gray, streaked and shaded with rusty
brown, sparingly powdered with black. Abdomen paler, uniform, the dorsal
tuftings well marked, that on tlie third segment prominent. Secondaries smoky,
with a yellowish tint, the fringe smoky. Head with a brown line below the
usual tufts, or entirely brown. Collar with a black line, above which it is gray
tipped at the base of the well-marked divided crest. Patagise powdered and
marked with gray, and with a gray patch at base of primaries. Primaries with
the markings incomplete, tending to appear strigate, the veins being darker
brown. A slender, longitudinal black line at base. Basal line geminate, brown,
very oblique across the costal paler space. T. a. line brown, geminate, veiy
strongly dentate in the interspaces, marked by small, black venular dots. T. p.
line marked by geminate, black venular dots, except in the submedian inter-
space, where the usual blackish patch connects the two lines. S. t. line of the
ground color, narrow, irregular, not well or completely defined, preceded by
small, rusty brown spots, best marked opposite the anal angle and the cell, an
oblique smoky shade extending through the terminal space at these points.
There is a series of small, black, terminal lunules in the interspaces, and of small
black dots on the veins. Median shade usually distinct across the costal space
and oblique between the ordinary spots, sometimes suffusing the space between
median lines at the middle, and narrow, indefinite, below that point. The or-
bicular is long, oblong, oblique, narrowly outlined in brown and often attached
to or connected with the reuiform. The latter is large, a little paler or annulate
with paler, not outlined, a little enlarged above. Beneath reddish, powdery,
disc of the primaries darker ; secondaries with a complete, primaries with an
incomplete outer dusky line ; all wings with a large discal spot.
Expands 37-43 mm. = 1.48-1.72 inches.
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24 JOHN B. SMITH.
Hah. — Canada ; New England States ; New York ; Northern
New Jersey ; Central Illinois ; Washington, D. C.
Seven males and thirteen females are at hand, differing consider-
ably in shade of brown and the amount of contrast. Some are dis-
tinctly gray, while others lack all trace of this shade and are obvi-
ously brown. In all of them the strigulate character of the macu-
lation is apparent, and this, with the ground color, will distinguish
the species. The male antennae are as lu f err ea lis, as is the thoracic
vestiture.
Xylina anianda n. sp.
Head, thorax and pinmaries reddish gray, usually more or less washed out,
strlgate. Abdoraeu more even, varying from reddish to almost whitish. Second-
aries smoky, with a yellowish tinge, sometimes much paler, fringes paler than
the ground. Head gray at the base of the antennse between the tufts, a brown
or black line below. Collar gray tipped above a black line at the base of the
prominent divided crest. Patagife gray powdered, a whitish line above the in-
sertion of the primaries, where also there is a white spot. Primaries with a slen-
der black streak at base, above which, to the costa, is a somewhat paler gray
shade. Basal line barely indi(;ated by geminate costal spots — in one example
only. T. a. line geminate, marked on costa by small black venular dots, and by
a long blackish tooth in submedian interspace. An even, luteous or reddish
shade extends through the cell and obliterates all, save the lower portion of the
reniform which is brown. T. p. line marked by a more or less complete series of
geminate, venular black dots, which are unusually close to the outer margin. S.
t. line marked only by a pair of preceding rusty brown spots opposite anal angle
and cell, and from these an oblique brown shade extends through the terminal
space. A series of black terminal lunules, the veins also being black marked
toward the margin. Beneath powdery, primaries with terminal space paler;
secondaries with a smoky exterior line ; all wings with a large, smoky discal spot.
Expands 39-42 mm. — 1.56-1.68 inches.
Hab. — Franconia, New Hampshire; Calgary, Canada; Winni-
peg, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia; Pullman, Wash-
ington ; California.
Four males and two females are under examination. Three of
them bright reddish gray and three of them faded and washed out,
with a mere trace of reddish. As the latter lack fringes and are
otherwise Hown I assume that they are faded ; yet it is not beyond
the bounds of possibility that two species may be represented. The
pale tints, the lost markings and the yellowish shade through the
cell, ob.scuring the ordinary spots, make this an easily recognizable
species.
The male antennse are shortly ciliated, no scale thickening per-
ceptible at base in any example.
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This is the species that I had erroDeously identitied as contenta
Grote from a faded example, the real species being afterward rede-
scribed by me as j^omona.
Xylina eoiilenta Grote.
1880, Grt., Civn. Ent., xii, 216, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 228, Xylina.
pomona Smith.
1899, Smith, Joiirn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii, 230, Xylina.
Ground color a dirty bluish fjray, with a slight admixture of red. Head a little
darkest between the antennse ; collar inferiorly with reddish tinge, a black line
just above the centre, emphasized by a surmounting series of whitish scales. The
thoracic crest is not prominent and not divided. The primaries are irregularly
mottled with smoky brown and none of the marking are distinct. The t. p. line
is geminate, tlie defining lines black, the very narrow included space a little palei
gray. It is very strongly zigzagged, forming long teeth in the interspaces. The
t. p. line is not sufficiently evident to be described in either of the specimens be-
fore me. The s. t. line is broken and consists of a series of sagittate black spots,
which are outwardly marked by reddish or whitish scales. Just below the apex
is a dusky terminal shade that emphasizes the line at that point. There is a
series of blackish terminal marks on the veins and an appearance of pale termi-
nal lunules. The ordinary spots are vaguely traceable. The orbicular is a little
paler than the ground color, without defining line, but with four black dots
arranged almost in a square. The reniform is large, a little dilated inferiorly,
yellowish brown centered, and the lower margin marked with blackish scales.
Secondaries silky, reddish gray, with a discal lunule. Beneath with reddish
tinge, powdery, somewhat smoky gray, both wings with an outer line and a dis-
cal spot.
Expands 35-42 mm. = 1.40-1.68 inches.
Hab. — Alameda County, California, July, larva on apple ; Central
California; Olympia, Washington ; Northwest British Columbia.
One male and three females, two of the latter in excellent condi-
tion, are now before me. The species is readily recognizable by the
blackish dots emphasizing the ordinary spots, the lower margin of
the reniform being even somewhat prominent in one specimen. The
male antennae are lengthily ciliated, the joints a little marked.
This is the species described by me as poviona. I had named
what I supposed was a faded example of contenta by comparison
with the type in the Edwards collection, and afterward received
under the same name fresh examples of the identical species, else-
where in this essay named amanda. Hence, when I received good
examples of the real contenta I did not recognize it. There are f\)ur
examples in the Edwards collection.
Xylina itata Smith.
1899, Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii, 231, Xylma.
Ground color a dull ashen gray, with very fine blackish powderings. All the
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26 JOHN B. SMITH.
iniukiiiffs ohscnrefl. Head and thorax witliout oinamt'iitation, except an obscure
frontal line. The thoracic crest proniiuent, divided. Primaries with the niark-
in<rs extremely vague, in one specimen showing only a smoky median shade,
which is brightest on the costa, is bent at the end of the cell and is a little empha-
sized by a short blackish dash in the submedian interspace. In the best marked
specimen the ground color is a little brighter. T. a. line is traceable, very nar-
row, black, irregular, strongly bent outward, so that at the submedian interspace
it forms a sharp tooth whose apex is about at the middle of the wing. Above
that point it is outcurved between the veins; below that point it makes a long
inward angulation and is hardly traceable below the internal vein ; a few whit-
ish scales may emphasize this blackish line. The t. p. line is brownish, very
slender, barely traceable over the cell where it is crenulate, a little better marked
below that point, becoming black in the submedian interspace where a short
black dash connects it with the t. a. line. The median shade is broad on the
costa, filling the outer part of the median space, narrowing toward the middle of
the wing and less evident toward the inner margin. The s. t. line is marked by
two triangular dusky shades, the first of which leaves the apex clear, and has its
])oint at a black spot which almost touches the t. p. line between veins 4 and 5.
The second of these comes to a point at a blackish spot which is just below vein
2. The ordinary spots are just traceable, the orbicular is elongate, oval, of the
gray ground color, vaguely outlined in brown. The reniform is upright, rather
narrow, with a blackish point inferiorly, the outline a trifle paler than the sur-
rounding tint. The fringes have a pale interline. Secondaries a somewhat silky
brownish gray, the veins a trifle more dusky, and a vaguely marked discal spot.
There is a smoky terminal line at the base of the whitish fringes. Beneath
smoky gray, powdery, the secondaries with a small discial spot.
Expands 35-37 mm. = 1.40 1.50 inches.
Hah. — Colorado.
Two females only are before ine. The species is rather readily
recognizable by its small size for this series, and by the soft pow-
dery ashen gray, in which the maculation is almost entirely l().st. A
somewhat dusky cloud through the centre indicates a median shade.
Xylina fagiiia Morrison.
1874, Morr., Bull. Bufi". Soc. Nat. Sci.. ii, 115, Lifhophane.
1887, Grt., Can. Ent., xix, 54, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 228, Xi/lina.
.Head, thorax and primaries light, bluish, ashen gray, .\bdomen and second-
aries light smoky, with a reddish tinge, fringes almost white. Head with a whit-
ish line between the antennsB, separating the otherwise ill-marked frontal tufts;
f)elow this point is a brown line or the entire front is darker. Collar with a nar-
row black line surmounting a reddish line a little ab(jve the middle and not ex-
tending to their margin. Thoracic crest prominent, obtuse but not divided at
tip. No dorsal abdominal tuftings. Primaries paler, more whitish along the
costa, veins narrowly black lined, some narrow black interspaceal teeth, else
practically no maculation. Most specimens have a series of small, obscure,
smoky s. t. spots, but these are often wanting. The oi'dinary spots are com-
pletely lost in most specimens and only indicated by paler shadings at ))est.
Expands 42-47 mm. = l.()8-1.88 inches.
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Hab.—Caimdn; New England States; Northern New York;
Northern New Jersey.
Seven males and seven females, practically alike, except for a
slight difference in the shade of gray. The color is bright, clear
and does not give the impression of softness.
The antennse of the male are shortly ciliated and not thickened
by scales toward the base. The species seems rather abundant.
Xylina longior Smith.
1.S99, Smith, Jouru. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii, 230, Xylina.
Ground color a bright bluish ash gray, with a more or less obvious admixture
of reddish. Head with black scales between the antennse and the front also
blackish or smoky. Collar with a distinct reddish shade crowned by a short
blackish line, above which the scales are white tipped at the base of the promi-
nent crest. The thorax has some reddish scales intermingled, and there is a dis-
tinct black line at the sides of the patagiai covering the base of the wings. The
primaries are, in most cases, quite distinctly marked. There is a blackish basal
streak which extends below the median vein and reaches a little beyond the
inner fourth of the wing. The tendency of this streak is to become lost. The
t. a. line, when present, is very narrow, black, but shaded with smoky and em-
phasized by a few preceding white scales. It is strongly bent outwardly, irregu-
larly in the interspaces and forms an acute tooth at the middle of the subinedian
inters|)ace, where it touches a short and prominent black dash. It is then bent
inward, so that it reaches the internal vein just about as far from the base as is
the inception of the line on the costa. The tendency of this line is also to disap-
pear and to leave only a black streak extending from the internal vein about
one-fourth from base to middle of the submedian interspace. This portion of the
line is distinctly present in all the specimens seen by me. The t. p. line is not
complete in any specimen. It is traceable in one example as a lighter shading
through the darker powderings in the costal region. It is marked by black points
below the cell and by blackish scales which connect it with the short black dash
already described as attached to the tooth of the t. a. line. Below that point it
is not traceable in any specimen. The s. t. line is indicated only by two oblique,
triangular, blackish or brown shades. The first of these starts from a blackish
point between veins 4 and 5 and reaches the external margin just below the apex.
The second of these shades is more brownish and starts from a point below vein
2, reaching the external margin just below vein 4. The* ordinary spots, at least
the reniform, are traceable in most cases. The orbicular is large, oval, oblique
and is outlined by a few paler scales. The reniform is large, broad, a little con-
stricted in the centre, extending inward inferiorly. so that it touches and may
become connected below the orbicular. It is marked inferiorly by a reddish
shading and is outlined by whitish scales, which, at the latter margin, are pie-
ceded and followed by a black shade that makes this part of the wing character-
istic. All the veins are somewhat marked by black scales. The secondaries are
smoky brown, the fringes a little paler and with a pinkish tinge. Beneath smoky
gray, powdery, the disc a little darker, both wings with discal spots.
Expands 39-47 mm. — 1.56-1.88 inches.
Jja6.— Glen wood Springs, Coh)., March, April, May and October.
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28 JOHN B. SMITH.
Four males and eight females ; all except one from Dr. Barnes.
There is quite a range of variation from almost uniformly gray ex-
amples in which the black streak through the submedian interspace
is the only obvious marking, to the brightly marked type with sliarp
basal and subapical streaks and a reddish tinge over the reniform
or through the middle of the wing. All the latter are October ex-
amples, and all of the former type have hibernated and are more or
less flown
The antennae of the male are very feebly ciliated and scarcely
thicker than those of the female.
Xyliiia eniar$;iiiata u. sp.
(iiouud color of head, thorax and primaries very pale, ashen gray, almost
whitish. Head with a smoky brown line across the front, the tiiftings not well
marked. Collar with a narrow black transverse line, surmounting a nairower
reddish line. Thoracic crest low, not divided. I'atagiaj with a black line at base
of primaries. Primaries with the veins very narrowly smoky. There is a nar-
row black longitudinal line at base, extending deep into a tooth of the t. a. line.
Basal line obscurely marked on the costa only. T. a. line marked by geminate,
smoky, oblique lines on the costa, and below that traceable in some examples by
a narrow paler line, obscurely edged by darker scales, indicating lengthy teeth
in the interspaces. T. p. line lost, except as a pair of smoky, oblique marks ou
the costa. No obvious median shade. S. t. line vaguely marked by a series of
small intersi)aceal smoky spots, which tend to become obsolete. A slightly
darker terminal line, which may be broken into dots on and between the veins
and may be altogether wanting. Ordinary spots traceable, with smoky, scarcely
relieved outlines. Orbicular moderate in size, oval, oblique, in some examples
with an extension or suborbicular below the median vein. Reniform rather
large, incompletely defined, a little constricted centrally, larger inferiorly, the
middle with a small reddish tinge. Secondaries very pale yellowish gray or
smoky, veins a little darker, discal spot obvious. Beneath whitish, powdery,
with dusky discal spots.
Expands 40-45 mm'. = 1.60-1.80 inches.
Hub. — Colorado Springs and Glen wood Springs, Colorado, April,
August, October. .
Two males and two females, very much alike and lecognizable in
this series by the practically obsolete ornamentation. The ordinary
spots can be fairly well made out; but the transverse lines are so
lost that only one who knows exactly what to seek can make them
.out. Superficially the insect resembles /(u/w^a ; but the ordinary
•spots are obvious and this species has a distinct basal dash. The
antennae of tlie male are shortly ciliated.
Xyliiia liolociiieroa n. sp.
Head, thorax and primaries deep bhiibli gray. Head darker in front, with a
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 29
blackish frontal line; tufts not evident. Collar with a black subapical trans-
verse line above a series of red scales, and in turn surmounted by white scales at
the base of the thoracic crest. The latter is of moderate size and obscurely
divided. Primaries with veins black marked, giving them a somewhat strigate
appearance. Kasal black streak evident in all the specimens before me, a paler
shading extending to costa but not well marked. Basal line smoky, geminate,
marked on the costa only. T. a. line smoky, geminate, very strongly toothed in
the interspaces, never well marked, always incomplete, sometimes obsolete. T.
p. line geminate, marked through the costal region only. S. t. line marked by a
series of black, sagittate, distinct, interspaceal spots. There is a series of small
black terminal lunules. Median shade blackish, oblique from costa to lower part
of reniform, then much less distinct, inwardly oblique to the middle of the inner
margin. Orbicular small or moderate, round or oval, rarely extending below
the median vein, black ringed, sometimes pale annulate or paler filled, not con-
trasting. Reniform moderate, upright, a little constricted, obscurely pale ringed,
narrowly edged with blackish, inferiorly darkened by the median shade. Sec-
ondaries smoky, with a yellowish tinge, fringes paler, veins and a discal lunule
darker. Beneath powdery, primaries with disc smoky, else gray with a rosy
tinge, secondaries with a more or less obvious exterior line, all wings with discal
spots.
Expands 40-45 mm. ^= 1.60-1.80 inches.
Hab. — Winnipeg, Manitoba; N. W. British Columbia; Van-
couver; Pullman, Washington; Sierra Nevada, California.
Six males and two females, difiering from georgii chiefly in the
darker blue ground color, less evident maculation and thicker, more
lengthily ciliated male antennae. There is very little variation save
such as is due to the condition of the specimens, except in the form
of the orbicular. This varies in size from small to moderate, from
round to oval or oblong, and rarely it extends below the median
vein, indicating a suborbicular.
Xylina i;eorgii Grote.
1875, Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 188, Lithophane.
1887, Grt , Can. Ent., xix, 55, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44. U. S. Nat. Mus., 228, Xi/lina.
Head, thorax and primaries ashen gray, a little smoky. Front with a broad
smoky band across the middle. Collar with a black line above the middle, sur-
mounting a very feebly marked reddish shade. Patagife with a black line at
base of primaries. Thoracic crest low and not divided. No evident abdominal
tufts. Primaries with a distinct longitudinal line at base, surmounted by a clear
white line. Basal line geminate, smoky, oblique across the costal region. T. a.
line geininate, broken, traceable across the wing, very strongly dentate. T. p.
smoky, geminate, marked in the costal region only. The median shade is broad,
diffuse, smoky, not relieved, oblique from costa between ordinary spots to the
inferior portion of reniform, then forming a right or slightly acute angle to
within the middle of the inner margin. S. t. line a series of smoky or blackish
spots, beyond which the terminal space is a little darker. Veins a little darkened
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30 JOHN B. SMITH.
throufihout. Orhictilar subquadrate, ol>lique, not extending below tbe median
vein in my examples, sometitiies narrowly outlined by black scales, sometimes
marked by the slightly paler color. Reniform of moderate size, constricted cen-
trally, larger infeviorly and dusky filled by the median shade, not well defined,
obscui'ely annulate with a somewhat paler shading. Secondaries very pale smoky
with a faintly reddish tinge, fringes whitish, veins and a discal spot larger. Be-
neath gray, powdery, with discal spots, of which those on the secondaries are the
larger.
Expands 39-45 mm. = 1.56-1.80 inches.
Hab. — Canada ; New England States ; Northern New York and
Pennsylvania; Colorado.
Both sexes are at hand and similar in appearance, male antennae
thicked and obviously ciliated. The variation consists in the
amount of smoky shading and the consequent distinctness of the
markings. In the paler forms the median shade is quite obvious,
in the darker forms it is lost.
Xyliiia piiella n. sp.
Head, thorax and primaries very pale gray, almost whitish. Secondaries pale
smoky, with a yellowish tinge, the fringes white. Abdomen with an obscure
suggestion of reddish. Head with smoky frontal line. Collar with a blackish
line below the tip, surmounting a slightly reddish tint. Thoracic crest low, not
divided. Patagite with blackish line at base of wings. Primaries with the
markings cleanly written. A slender black streak at base through a dusky shad-
ing, above which the space is almost white to costa. Basal line geminate, marked
on the costa only. T. a. line geminate, the outer defining line black, inner smoky,
as a whole nearly upright, irregular, with moderate teeth in the interspaces. S.
t. line geminate, inner portion lunate, black or blackish, outer portion even,
smoky, as a whole nearly parallel with outer margin after the usual outcurve
over cell. S. t. line marked by a series of trigonate smoky spots and by a smoky
costal shading. A series of smoky terminal lunules. Median shade smoky or
blackish, diti'use, outwardly bent between the ordinary spots, slightly darkening
tbe lower part of reniform, then close to and parallel with t. p. line to hind mar-
gin. Claviform small, black ringed, concolorous. Orbicular black ringed, oval,
extending well below the median vein. Reniform black lined, upright, of good
size, oblong, a little heel extending backward toward the orbicular. There is a
yellowish or reddish central flush, else both spots are paler than the ground.
Beneath whitish, powdery, primaries a little darker centrally, all wings with a
large, blackish, discal spot.
Expands 42-44 mm. = 1.68-1.76 inches.
Hab. — California.
Two female examples without more definite locality. From all
the iujinediately preceding forms it differs in the tolerably even
median lines and in the obvious claviform, while from the antennata
series, to which the general maculation refers it, the slender black
streak will serve to distinguish it.
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Xylina oregonensis Haivey.
1876, Harv., Can. Ent., viii, 55, Lithophane.
1893. Saiith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 228, Xylina.
Ground color a rather pale ashen gray, flown specimens darker, as the overlay
of white scales disappears. Head with a smoky frontal line. Collar with a black
suhapical line above a series of reddish scales. Patagise with a black lateral line.
Thoracic crest evident, feebly divided. Primaries with basal black streak ex-
tending well toward t. a. line., the space above it white and contrasting to the
costa. T. a. line geminate, blackish, included space paler than ground, very
strongly dentate in the interspaces. T. p. line geminate, obscure, with paler
included space, lost below the cell. S. t. line marked by a series of black spots
and a few following paler scales. A series of black terminal lunules. Orbicular
large, extending well below the median cell, tending to divide off, black edged
and paler filled, forming an obvious if not marked contrast. Eeniform large,
upright, a little constricted centrally, lower portion somewhat larger and tending
to a heel toward the orbicular, black margined, annulate with pale, centre dusky,
with red scales intermixed. The median shade darkens the space between the
ordinary spots, but is not otherwise marked below that point. Secondaries pale,
smoky gray, the fringes white, veins and a discal lunule darker. Beneath whit-
ish, powdery, a discal spot on all wings, disc of primaries blackish.
Expands 37-45 mm. = 1.48-1.80 inches.
Hab.— Oregon ; Glenwood Springs, Colorado ; Volga, South
Dakota.
One male and two females are at hand. The type in the
Edwards collection is so remarkably close to the georgii of the
same collection that, until I secured the examples now before me,
I was tempted to consider them as identical. As it is, while well
marked pale examples of georgii may closely resemble certain forms
of oregonemis, the question will rarely arise in actual practice. Dr.
Harvey has pointed out the form of the orbicular and the reddish
scales in the reniform as distinctive, and to this may be added the
pale costal region above the basal streak. The antennae of the
male are rather shortly ciliated. The size given by Dr. Harvey,
45 mm., exceeds by 3 mm. the largest example in my possession.
Xylina Winnipeg n. sp.
Head, thorax and primaries dull, powdery, dark ashen gray. Secondaries and
abdomen smoky. Head with a black frontal line, the tufting scarcely marked.
Transverse line of collar obscure. Thoracic crest scarcely marked and not
divided. Vestiture fine and flattened hair. No abdominal tuftings. Primaries
powderv, all the markings traceable, but none sharply defined. Basal line gemi-
nate, marked on the costa only. A very fine black line is traceable from the
base half way to the t. a. line. T. a. line blackish, geminate, outwardly oblique
and irregularly toothed in the interspaces, incomplete and hardly defined. T. p.
line obscurely traceable, geminate on the costa, lunulate in the intersi.aces. in
course parallel to the outer margin below vein G. S. t. line is a series of pale
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32 JOHN B. SMITH.
scales, preceded by l)lackish irregular spots. A faint, darker terminal line.
Claviform small, pointed, l)lack edged, not prominent. Orl)iciiIar oval, oblique,
moderate iu size, pale powdered ; suborbicular ringed with whitish, centre con-
colorous. Reniform moderate, upright, somewhat constricted centrally, black
edged inferiorly, narrowly annulate by paler scales, a few reddish scales in cen-
tre. A median darker shade is traceable, oblique between the ordinary spots and
darkening the reniform a little inferiorly. Beneath, primaries dusky except
along costa and in terminal space where it is whitish, powdery. Secondaries
whitish, powdery, with a dusky exterior line and a distinct discal spot.
Expands 41-43 mm. = 1.64-1.72 inches.
Hab. — Winnipeg, Manitol)a.
Two male.s in good condition, received from A. W. Hanhani.
Tlie two are much alike and resemble reduced examples of latici-
nerea, with the maculation more obscure and the basal black streak
of primaries so much reduced as to be scarcely distinct. The an-
tennre are thickened, the joints marked and laterally fringed with
tufts of fine hair. In a way the species is intermediate in appear-
ance between uidmoda and laticiiierea, falling in with the former
because of the lack of an obvious longitudinal black line at base.
Xylina iiiiiiiioda Lintner.
1878, Lintner, Ent. Cont., iv, 96, Xylina.
Head, thorax and primaries an even, soft, dark ashen gray, in whicli all the
markings are lost. Head with the usual frontal line barely indicated, the tuft-
ings not obvious. Collar with the usual black line wanting or barely indicated.
Thoracic crest small, not divided ; vestiture hairy. Abdomen without dorsal
tufts, soft, pale mouse gray. Secondaries smoky, with a yellowish tinge, fringes
tipped with white. Primaries a little whitish at extreme base, where the basal
line is indicated on the costa in some specimens. T. a. line lost in most cases;
when present slender, moderately toothed in the interspaces, in one example pre-
ceded by a few white scales. T. p. line barely traceable by a very slightly paler
shade. S. t. line whitish, preceded by smoky spots, sometimes united into a con-
tinuous shade. A feebly marked, broken terminal line present in some speci-
mens. Median shade vaguely traceable in some examples. Orbicular round or
oval, whitish, rarely defined, .sometimes continued below the median vein into a
suborbicular. Reniform upright, of moderate size, a little constricted centrally,
incompletely annulate by a somewhat paler gray, else concolorous. Beneath,
primaries dusky, except that the terminal space is whitish powdered. Second-
aries whitish, powdery, with a blackish oute^i" line and discal spot.
Expands 40-45 mm. = 1.60-1.80 inches.
Hab. — Canada ; New England States ; Northern New York.
This species is recognizable by the uniform, dull, yet soft, dark
gray, the paler orbicular ottering the only point of relief, and the
s. t. line the onl}' bit of obvious transverse maculation. Some speci-
mens are almost immaculate The male antennie have the joints
marked, and at the sides tufted with fine cilite of niodeiate length.
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It is not unusual to find washed-out examples of untennata doing
duty as imimoda, and occasionally a well-marked unhnoda gets into
the antennata series. The latter species, when it has lost the basal
black streak is sometimes difficult to distinguish ; but it always has
a certain rough, powdery appearance that marks it a stranger at
once to the smooth soft tint of the present species.
Xylina laticiiierea Grote.
1874, Grt, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., ii, 27, Lithophane.
1882, Eiley, Papilio, ii. 102, an var. antennata.
1883, Hy. Edw., Papilio, iii, 135, larva.
1891, Butler, Entomolog-ist, xxiv, 242 ^ antennata.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 229. Xylina, sp. dist.
Head, thorax and primaries powdery, dark, ashen gray. Abdomen and s«<--
ondaries pale smoky, the former without dorsal tuftiugs, the latter with paler,
white-tipped fringes. Head with the usual blackish line, tuftings not well de-
fined. Collar with black or blackish line below tip. Thoracic crest low, but in
good examples obviously divided. Primaries with all the marking present,
blackish, diffuse and not conti-asting. A blackish line from base to basal half
line, inclosing a paler or whitish costal patch. Basal line geminate, usually com-
plete or broken only on the subcostal vein. T. a. line geminate, oblique, a little
outcurved in the interspaces, inner line more even and a little diffuse. T. p. line
geminate, ex.serted over the cell, a little drawn in below, more or less denticulate,
especially opposite the cell, outer line more even and diffuse, included space a
little paler. S. t. line pale, not contrasting, broken, preceded by sagittate spots,
which usually form the most prominent feature of the wing maculation. A series
of blackish terminal lunules, the veins being also black marked. The median
shade is not prominent, rarely even well marked, but it is usually obvious, dif-
fuse, angulated in the lower portion of the reniform. Claviform outlined by
black scales, small, pointed, often lost in the powdering, never prominent or dis-
colored. Orbicular round or oval, oblique, distinctly paler than the remainder
of the wing and therefore a little contrasting. Suborbicular well marked in most
specimens, of good size, annulate with paler scales. Reniform obscure, moderate
in size, upright, with an interrupted pale annulus, inferiorly better defined and
tending to form a heel toward the base. Beneath, primaries dusky, except along
costa and terminal space where it is gray, powdery, an obscure discal spot present
in most cases. Secondaries pale, powdery, with a blackish exterior line and a
large discal spot.
Expands 43 48 mm. ^ 1.72-1.92 inches.
Hab. — Canada ; New England States ; Northern New Yoi-k ;
New Jersey ; Illinois ; Volga, South Dakota.
Twenty specimens, representing both sexes, are before me and
form an aggregation separable with comparative ease from gyotei,
by the absence of all red. scales on the primaries, by the more
diffuse and more obvious maculation and by the somewhat contrast-
ing, pale orbicular. There is not much real variation save that due
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34 JOHN B. SMITH.
to fading or flight. There is some difference in the amount of black
powdering which affects the relative distinctness of the parts, but
nothing else of account. The antennae of the male have the joints
well marked and laterally furnished with tufts of moderately long,
soft liair.
Xyliiia grotei Riley.
1SS2, Riley, Papilio. ii, 102, an var. ante.nnata.
1887, Grt., Can. Ent., six, 54, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 229, Xi/lina.
cinerosa \\ Grt.
1879, Grt., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., v, 202, Lithophane.
1882. Riley, Papilio, ii, 102, nomen bis lectiim.
Head, thorax and ])riniaries dull, dark ashen gray. Head with an admix-
ture of white, and with a blackish frontal line. Thorax with the transverse
line very obscure or altogether wanting. Thoracic crest low, in very rare
instances feebly divided. Vestiture flattened hair mostly. Abdomen a pale
mouse gray, without obvious dorsal tufts. Primaries with a slender black line at
base, extending to the geminate basal half line, the included costal region paler,
but raj-ely contrasting. T. a. line geminate, included space a little paler, defiiiing
lines somewhat diffuse, not much darker than the ground color, as a whole a
little outwardly oblique, rather regularly outcurved in the interspaces. T. p.
line geminate, included space paler, inner portion crenulate, outer even, very
little darker than the ground, its course as a whole evenly outcurved over the
cell, well drawn in below and with a little outward tooth on the internal vein.
S, t. line obscure, pale, broken, preceded by continuous, irregular blackish spots,
sometimes marked by a few reddish scales. A series of slightly darker terminal
luuules which may be entirely obsolete. Median shade usually traceable, some-
times fairly evident, often absent, oblique between the ordinary spots to the
lower portion of reuiform, there forming almost a rectangle toward the inner
margin. Claviform small, outline diffuse, often obsolete, rarely dark filled. Or-
bicular oval, oblique, paler. Suborbicular transversely oval, pale ringed, usually
separated from the orbicular. Reniform moderate in size, a little constricted,
lower portion somewhat larger than upper and somewhat darker; centre with a
brownish shading. Secondaries smoky, with a faint reddish tinge, the fringes
paler. Beneath gray, with a reddish tinge, powdery, disc of primaries blackish,
secondaries with an exterior line, all with a blackish discal spot.
Expands 40-46 mm. = l.GO-1.84 inches.
if(/ 6.— Canada, south to the District of Columbia, west to Ne-
braska, Dakota and Manitoba.
This is at once the most connnon and widely distributed species
of this group. In fresh examples all the ordinary maculation is
traceable, and there is no difficulty at all in .separating the species
fVom its allies. Spring specimens, especially when flown, lose their
characteristic appearance and may become difficult to distinguish
from nnimoda. From antennata this species differs obviously by its
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larger size, different wing form and much darker, dull ground,
lacking the brightness and clear definition of the ordinary spots.
Indeed, with a series of these two forms, side by side, their differ-
ence is obvious.
This is the species that I have been calling anfeunata of late
years, and have, erroneously, determined as such for my correspond-
ents. In consequence, all that Mr. Slingerland says of antennata in
Bulletin 123, of the Cornell Station, really applies to this form.
Further references to this matter will be found under antennata.
From laticinerea this species differs in being much less powdery,
and having the median shade much less evident. The specimens
average smaller on the whole and the wings are more parallel. Yet,
with flown examples, there is sometimes a chance for doubt.
The antennae of the male in this and the two following species are
practically alike under the hand lens. The joints are a little marked,
and they are laterally tufted with bunches of soft hair.
Xyliua antennata Walker.
1858, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xv, 1738, Xylina.
1883, Saunder's Fruit Insects, 138, f. 138, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 228, Xylina.
cinerea Riley.
1871, Riley, 3rd Rept. Ins. Mo., 135, f. 57, Xylina.
1874, Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 34, Lithophane.
1879, Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., v, 201, pr. syn.
1881, Riley, Index to Mo. Repts., 74, Lithophane.
1882, Riley, Papilio, ii, 43, 101, an sp. dist. ?
1882, Fernald, Papilio, ii, 63, pr. syn.
1891, Butler, Entomologist, xxiv, 242, pr. syn.
Head, thorax and primaries rather bright asheu gray, with a purplish tinge.
Head whitish, with a dusky frontal line, antennae white at the base. Collar with
a blackish line near tip, surmounting a reddish shade, which may extend
throughout the lower portion, may merge into a whitish giay, or may form a
scarcely traceable line. Patagite with black subniarginal lines, sometimes white
shouldered at the base of the primaries. Anterior crest low, not divided in any
specimen before me; vestiture mostly flattened hair. Abdomen very light smoky
gray, without obvious dorsal tufts. Primaries with black basal streak extending
to basal half line, margined above with reddish scales, and including toward
costa a paler, sometimes whitish patch, which is usually a prominent feature in
the wing. Basal line geminate, not well marked. T. a. line almost upright,
irregularly dentate in the interspaces, best marked by the pale included shade,
the defining lines being scarcely darker than the ground color. T. p. line gemi-
nate, outcurved over the cell, almost equally incurved below it, included space a
little paler, defining lines hardly visible in most cases except as venular dots.
The line is therefore poorly marked and often hardly traceable. S. t. line
marked by a series of cuneiform, contiguous black spots, outwardly edged with
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36 JOHN B. SMITH.
brown or gray scales. There is a series of small black terminal spots. Median
shade traceable in most specimens and obvious in some ; oblique from the costa,
darkening the space between the ordinary spots and the inferior portion of the
reniform, then evenly oblique inwardly to the inner margin. Claviforni small,
pointed, black ringed, distinct in most specimens ; black filled and prominent in
some. Orbicular round or oval, oblique, usually with an extension or suborbicu-
lar below the vein, narrowly edged with black scales, annulate with pale gray,
usually light filled. Reniform moderate, upright, a little constricted centrally,
inwardly extending toward the orbicular on the median vein ; centre with a
reddish filling, defining line usually distinct, black. Secondaries pale, dirty yel-
lowish or smoky, fringes lighter. Beneath, primaries smoky, except along costa
and in terminal space, discal spot blackish. Secondaries with an exterior line
and a smoky lunule.
Expands 35-42 mm. = 1.40-1.68 inches.
Hah. — Canada; New England States; New York; Burlington
Co., New Jers^ey ; Central Illinois; Minnesota; Central ]\Ii.ssouri.
Sixteen examples, representing botli sexes, are before nie and
show very little variation. The amount of" white in the basal space
differs, as does the intensity of the median shade and the prominence
of the reniform. In other respects they agree.
The species here described is quite generally labeled grotei in col-
lections largely on my authority, and Mr. Slingerland's remarks on
(jrotei in Bulletin 12.'), of the Cornell Experiment species really
apply to this species.
Walker in his original descri|)tioii gave no locality for his species,
and it was not recognized as American until Dr. Fernald saw the
type in the British Museum. Mr. Grote's original reference of
cinerea to antenmda was made on the basis of this comparison. As
a matter of fact Riley's description covers ciuerosa and Icdicinerea
as well as antewuda, but his figure and the specimens actually
labeled by him are clearly this form.
I saw Walker's type and })roperly labeled the specimens in the
National Museum collection, but in some way failed to straighten
out my own set, so that, for ten years last past, I have uniforndy
liamed the species here described as grotei. The real (jrotel =
cinerosa Grt. is what I have called autennV'ta. This matter should
be especially noted in the application of Mr. Slingerland's descrip-
tions of the early .stages, the mixture of species being chargeable to
me. The laUeiiierea has been correctly named throughout.
Xj'liiia lorrida Smith.
1899, Smith, Jouru. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii, 228, Xi/linn.
Ground color bluish gray. Antenuse white basally, else brown. Head witli a
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black line, across the middle of the front, the vertex usually a little smoky.
Collar as a rule paler than ground color, sometimes whitish, usually with a red-
dish flush toward a subapical black line, which in some examples is almost obso-
lete. Thorax more or less white powdered, not definitely marked, patagiae black
edged at the base of the wings. Abdomen with a reddish flush in well preserved
specimens. Primaries more or less powdered, with smoky or blackish scales,
varying in tint and often clouding the median space. Basal line geminate, black-
ish, marked through the costal cell only. A black longitudinal line extends fiom
the base through the submedian interspace half way to the t. a. line, and is then
obliquely extended by a black or blackish shade to the costa within the origin
of the t. a. line. The space included in this boundary at the base of the wing is
whitish or much paler than the rest of the wing, further emphasized by a rusty
shading just above the black streak. T. a. line geminate, black, the outer por-
tion most sharply defined, outcurved in the interspaces and quite sharply toothed
inwardly on the veins, as a whole a little outwardly oblique. T. p. line lunulate,
geminate, outer line smoky, indefinite and quite even, lines black, often dis-
connected and tending to obsolescence ; as a whole the line is outwardly exserted
over the reniform and almost upright below that point. S. t. line marked by a
series of triangular black, preceding spots, except at the costa where a smoky
shade precedes it. This series of spots is in a way the most prominent and cer-
tainly the most constant feature of the wing. A series of terminal spots which
are not at the extreme edge of the wing and which are elongate though not con-
nected into a line. A more or less diffuse median shade, almost or quite filling
the space between the ordinary spots, parallel with and close to t. p. line below
the reniform. Clavifoi-m black ringed and sometimes almost black filled, small,
pointed, not reaching the middle of the median space. Orbicular upright, oval,
of good size, as pale as any other part of the wing, black ringed except supe-
riorly; below the median vein there is attached to it a smaller, less prominent,
suborbicular, which is usually smoky centered and may become entirely obscured.
Reniform large, oval, only a little kidney shaped, black ringed, centered with
smoky in which is a reddish shading. The veins are more or less smoky. Sec-
ondaries smoky, with a reddish tinge, sometimes quite pale. Beneath with a
reddish flush, powdery, both wings with an outer smoky line and round discal
spot.
Expands 40-46 mm. = 1.60-1.80 inches.
Hab. — Pullman, Washington, October, March and April (C. V.
Piper); Garfield County, Colorado, 4000 feet (Bruce); Glenwood
Springs, Colorado, October, March, April (Barnes); 1«[. W. British
Colund)ia (Ottolengui) ; Soda Springs, California, October 10th
(Hy. Edwards).
Twenty specimens, representing both sexes, are at present before
me and I have seen others. They vary in the amount of ccnitrast
and the relative brightness of the maculation. In some everything
is clear cut, every line and shade recognizable at a glance, in others,
all, save the ordinary spots and the s. t. line, is obscured, and be-
tween these extremes the others range. In wing form the species is
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38 JOHN B. SMITH.
most nearly like laticmerea ; but in brightness of maculation it
equals tepid a.
The antennae of the male are practically like those of antennata.
The thoracic vestiture is mostly flattened hairs, the anterior crest
low, but in perfect specimens a little divided. Abdomen without
obvious dorsal tufts in any of fhe examples before me.
Xylina tepida Grote.
1874, Grt., Bull. Biifif. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 27, Liihophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 229, Xylina.
Head, thorax and primaries bright, pale bluish gray. Head with a whitish
admixture in most cases, and with a smoky frontal line. Collar usually paler
below, a black line just below the tip, surmounting a vague reddish shading.
Thoracic vestiture flattened hair and scales, anterior crest very obscure, not
divided in any example before me. Abdomen mouse-gray, with a reddish tinge,
without obvious dorsal tuftings. Primaries with the markings brightly defined.
A distinct black basal mark, curved to meet the geminate basal line, sujieriorly
margined by reddish scales, above which is a white line from whi(!h a whitish
shade tends to fill the included space to costa. T. a. line geminate, blackflh,
inner portion a little diffuse, nearly upright, a little outcurved in the interspaces,
sometimes considerably below the internal vein. T. p. line geminate, broken,
lunulate or crenulate, incomplete and obscurely marked, outcurved over the cell,
abruptly drawn in so as to almost touch the inferior part of the reniforra, then
straight or nearly so to the inner margin. S. t. line pale, broken, a little irregu-
lar, preceded by contiguous blackish spots. A series of distinct, lunate, black
terminal spots. Median shade blackish, broad, a little diffuse, obvious in all
and prominent in most specimens, a little outwardly oblique, direct from costa
close to reniform and the t. p. line below it to the inner margin. Claviform
broad, concolorous, outlined in blackish, varying in length, but never extending
to the centre of the median space. Orbicular complete, narrow, irregularly
lunate, with the convexity inward, narrowly defined by black scales, broadly
annulate in white, the centre narrowly gray. Reniform large, almost as broad
as long, almost rectangular, with the corners rounded, narrowly defined by black
and black scales, inwardly obscured by the median shade, centrally flushed with
reddish. Secondaries smoky, with a carmine flush, the fringes a little paler.
Beneath reddish gray, powdery, primaries with disc smoky, secondaries with an
exterior dusky line, all wings with a dark di.scal spot.
Expands 36-42 mm. = 1.44-1.68 inches.
Hab. — Canada ; New England States ; New York ; Northern
Pennsylvania.
Eiglit examples, six of them males, are at present before me.
These is a little difference in the relative brightness of the macula-
tion, but nothing else of note. The form of the orbicular here is
constant and characteristic, the broad white annulus forming one
of the most obviously contrasting marks. The antenuie in the
male are not much thicker or more lengthily ciliated than in the
female.
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Xyliiia bailey i Giote.
1877, Grt., Cau. Ent., ix, 86, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 229, Xylina. '
Head, thorax and primaries a very pale, greenish gray. Head with the frontal
superposed tufts distiu(!t, and with a frontal blackish line. Collar with a brown
or black line below tip, variably evident and sometimes obsolete. Patagise tipped
and laterally margined with deep umber brown. Thoracic vestiture flattened
hair and scales; anterior crest hardly elevated and not divided. Abdomen
mouse-gray, with a carmine tinge and without dorsal tufts. Primaries with the
maculation clearly written, and in part contrasting. A black basal streak curved
toward the costa at the end of the geminate, broken basal line, inferiorly and
outwardly difl-use, darkening this region so that the costal base seems paler by
contrast. T. a. line geminate, broken, brown, not well defined, in course a little
outwardly oblique and outcurved in the interspaces. T. p. line geminate on the
costa, thence outer portion lost, inner hinulate or crenulate, brown, broken and
partly lost, outcurved over cell, abruptly drawn in to the inferior margin of reni-
form, then even to the inner margin. S. t. line concolorous, a little irregular,
preceded bv a series of contiguous brown or black spots, which may become se].a-
rated and partly lost, those in the submedian interspace and opposite the cell
remaining constant. A series of brown or blackish interspaceal, terminal
lunules. Median shade obvious in all specimens and prominent in most, brown
or blackish, l)road, diffuse, oblique from costa between the ordinary spots, dark-
ening the lower part of reniform. then a little bent and parallel with t. p. line.
Claviform broad, varying in length, concolorous, incompletely defined by black
scales Orbicular oblong, oblique, of good size, open to the costa, else black
edged, concolorous or a little paler. Reniform large, almost as broad as long,
ringed with black, centered with reddish. Secondaries smoky, with a carmine
tinge, fringes paler tipped. Beneath gray, with a reddish tint, powdery ; prima-
ries with disc black, secondaries with a broken exterior line, all wings with a
somewhat obscure discal spot.
Expands 35-40 mm. = 1.40-1.60 inches.
Hab.-l^ew Hampshire; Northern New York; Northern Penn-
.sylvania ; probably all of the New England States and Canada.
Four males and seven females are under observation. The varia-
tion is largely in the relative prominence of the median shade,
which is usually the most conspicuous feature of the ornamenta-
tion. The blackish spots preceding the s. t. line also range from
a continuous shading to broken patches. Occasional specimens
beco.ne powdery, obscuring the greenish tinge of the ground. The
male antennae are not much thicker nor much more lengthdy cdi-
ated than the female.
Xylina querquera Grote.
1874, Grt., 6th Kept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 34, Lithophane.
1874^ Grt.', Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., II, pi. i, f. 5, Lithophane.
I882', Grt.', 111. Essay, 57. pi. 2, f. 21, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 229, Xylina.
Head, thorax and primaries a rich creamy gray, with a faintly green or bluish
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40 JOHN B. SMITH.
tinge — usually tlie former. Head with superimposed tufts distinct, and with a
hrown frontal line, below which it is reddish. I'ollar unlined, thoracic crest
hardly marked, vestiture flattened hair and scales, patagise tipped and laterally
marijined with chocolate brown. Primaries with curved black streak at base,
diffuse inferiorly, strongly contrasting. All the lines geminate, little darker
than the ground, tending to become lost, always marked on the costa. T. a. line
nearly upright, a little outcurved in the interspaces. T. p. line with inner por-
tion slender, even, not lunulate or crenulate, a little dentate or angulate on some
of the veins, occasionally lost, outer portion diffuse, usually lost below the out-
curve over cell. S. t. line marked onlj^ by a pair of black contrasting spots in
the submedian interspace and opposite the cell. A series of distinct, black, ter-
minal lunules in the interspaces. The median shade extends as a contrasting
brown or black shade from the costa between the ordinary spots, is then lost or
traceable as a slightly darker shade only, until it gets below the internal vein,
where it forms a black or brown patch on the inner margin. Claviform barely
indicated in one example. Orbicular large, concolorous, opeii to the costa, sides
more or less obviously marked by black scales. Eeniform large, almost as broad
as long, incompletely black ringed, more or less brown and black filled. Second-
aries smoky, with a purplish tinge. Beneatli powdery, with a carmine shading,
a more or less obvious outer dark line, and on all wings a blackish discal spot.
Expands 38-42 mm. = 1.56-1.68 inches.
H(xh. — New Hampshire; Massachusetts; New York; Missouri.
One pair only is at present before me, hut I have recently com-
|)are(l several others which do not greatly ditler. The species is dis-
tinct in many ways and can always be recognized by the contrast-
ing, square, dark brown or black patch between the ordinary spots
and partly including the reniform. Other ornamental features have
l)een elsewhere noted. The thorax seems to be unusually short,
almost square, depressed and with collar and patagipe much less
marked than usual. The male antennae are very shortly ciliated,
the joints scarcely more marked than in the female.
Xylina viridipalleiisi Grote.
1877, Grt., t'an. Ent., ix, 215, Lithophnne.
1878, Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 180, Lithophnne.
1882, Grt., 111. Essay, 57, pi. ii, f. 22, Lithophnne.
■ 1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 229, Xylina.
Head, thorax and primaries a dull, pale, greenish gray. Head white below
the usual tuftings. (\)llar with an obscure blackish line below tip. Thoracic
vestiture scales and flattened iiair, the crest indicated by a little tuft of discolored
scales. Primaries with all the markings blackish, fairly evident, but not in the
least contrasting. Basal streak traceable. Basal line geminate, marked on the
costa only. T. a. line geminate, inner portion lost or very feebly marked, out-
wardly oblique, a little outcurved in the interspaces. T. p. Hue geminate, broken,
outcurved over the cell and then almost upright to inner margin. S. t. line
marked by a series of partly contiguous blackish spots, indicating an irregularly
bisinuate course. A series of interspaceal terminal lunules. Median shade
difluse, almost evenly oblique from costa to inner margin between the ordinary
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 41
spots and darkening the inner portion of the reuiforni. No claviform. Orbicu-
lar large, a little paler than the ground, somewhat lunate, the convexity toward
base, concavity distinctly black edged, else margin not well defined. Reniform
large, almost as broad as long, basal half darker, outer half a little paler than
ground ; inner margin black edged, else not well defined. Secondaries and abdo-
men smoky, with a reddish tint, the former with pale tipped fringes, the latter
without dorsal tufts. Beneath reddish gray, powdery; primaries with disc
smoky ; secondaries with an outer line ; all wings with discal spots better marked
on the secondaries.
Expands 37 mm. = 1.48 inches.
Hab. — Massachusetts; Long Island, New York.
Only one female is before me and I have seen only one or two
others aside fron] the type. The species is distinctly rare and abso-
lutely unmistakable. It intensifies the thoracic characters noted in
querquera and has practically no ci'est at all.
Xyliiia pexata Grote.
1874, Grt., 6th Kept. I'eab. Ac. Sci., 35, Lithophane.
1878, Graef, Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc, i, 10, = ingrica.
1883, Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 160, ? = ingrica.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 230, Xylina.
washingtoniana Grote.
1883, Grt., Papilio, iii, 74, Lithophane, var. prjec.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 230, Xylina.
Head and thorax dark, blackish brown, head more reddish inferiorly, tuftings
fairly marked. Thoracic vestiture scales and flattened hair, anterior crest promi-
nent, divided, posterior tuft obvious and truncate. In well preserved specimens
the patagige have an admixture of white tipped scales and are white margined at
the insertion of the primaries. The fore wings have an ashen gray ba.se. over
which is a red-brown shade and a dense powdering of black. In rubbed exani-
ples the gray is evident and the shadings are localized. A short, slender, curved,
black basal mark, diffuse inferiorly, margined by contrasting yellow or white
above. Basal line geminate, black, marked on the costa only. T. a. line black,
outwardly oblique, a little outcurved in the interspaces, almost lost in the darker
examples. T. p. line geminate, blackish, broken, incomplete, lunate, not well
deiined, except in the submedian interspace where it is followed by white oi-
yellow scales; a few such scales also occur in some examples below the internal
vein. S. t. line pale, distinct, irregular, preceded by a reddish, brown or black
shading, which is sometimes broken up into spots. A gray shade extends through
the s. t. space from the apex close to the defining shade of the s. t. line. There is
a series of black, interspaceal, terminal lunules. A median shade is traceable in
some specimens between the ordinary spots, but in most examples this is lost in
the dark powdering. Claviform short, broad, concolorous, or with a gray shade,
and from its tip a black line extends to the t. p. line. Orbicular oblong, oblique,
black margined, annulate with white or yellow, brown centered. Reniform very
broadly kidney shaped, in some specimens almost a rectangle, reddish filled,
annulate by a narrow ring of white or gray, marked by black scales. Second-
aries yellowish smoky, fringes paler, with a reddish tint. Abdomen smoky gray,
with a prominent black dorsal tuft on segment 3, and smaller tufts on the two
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42 JOHN B. SMITH.
segments foUowiii":. IJeueatli smoky, powdery, with a carmine flush ; second-
aries paler, with an exterior line; all wings with a discal spot.
Expands 38-45 mm. = 1.25-1.80 inches.
Hab. — Canada; New England States; Northern New York;
Manitoba; Washington ; probably throughout the Northern United
States from the Atlantic to the Pacific
A long series of both sexes, varying a little in brightness of color,
but not markedly in any other way. The type of Mr. Grote's
variety washingtoniana — in the Neumogen collection — is nothing
more than a somewhat dark, intensely colored example, oi' which I
have an almost exact duplicate i'rom Connecticut.
The soecies is altogether different from any of those preceding
and should be easily recognized. In the male tlie antennte have the
joints marked and the lateral tuftings well developed.
Xyliiia diiatoeiila n. sp.
Head black above, liKhtenino: through brown to red at the base of the palpi.
Collar brown to a black transverse line just below the brown tip. Thoracic disc
deep, blackish brown, the patagife with gray tipped scales intermixed. Anterior
crest evident, divided, posterior tufting truncate. Abdomen reddish gray, with
dorsal tufts, of which that on the 3rd segment is the most obvious. Primaries
l)lack and brown shaded over a blue-gray ground. A black curved basal streak,
above which is a brown shading which becomes gray on the costa. Basal line
geminate, black. T. a. line geminate, blackish, inner portion obscure, included
.space gray; in course outwardly oblique, even, a little outcurved. T. p. line
geminate, inner part lunulate, bla(tk ; outer even, smoky, lost over the outcurve ;
included space gray, in course it curves over the cell and is then deeply drawn in
to the middle of the reniform. S. t. line pale, sinuate, irregular, preceded by a
brown shade which becomes reddish, then gray before merging into a dark shad-
ing that follows the t. p. line. Apex gray, the narrow terminal space gray and
black shaded to the lunulate, narrow, terminal line. Median shade black, diffuse,
oblique, darkening the space between the ordinary spots and the outer j)ortion
of the median space. Claviform large, gray, not contrasting, incompletely out-
lined, a black line from its tip to the t. p. line. Orbicular round or nearly so,
large, gray, contrasting. Keniform very large, almost square, with rounded cor-
ners, reddish bi-own, with a central yellowish tinge. Secondaries pale, powdery,
dirty yellowish, with a slight reddish tint, veins, a discal lunule and a terminal
line smoky. Beneath reddish gray, powdery, with more or less obvious outer
line and discal spots best marked on the secondaries.
Expands 45-48 mm. = 1.80-1.92 inches.
Hab. — Seattle, Washington ; Sierra Nevada, California.
Two males and one female before me and I have seen others. The
species resend^les pexata, and I had, from the description, identitied
this as Mr. Grote's ivashiiKjtoniana; but the type is really ^^exato.
The present species differs obviously in the very large, discolored,
ordinary spots and in the brown collar. The antennte of the male
are laterally tufted with moderately long cilije.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 43
Xylina lepida Liiitner.
1878, Lint., Ent. Cout., iv, 95, Xylina.
1878, Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 181, Lithophane.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Xat. Mus., 230, Xylina.
Head, thorax and primaries deep bhie-gray. Head darker, with a gray line
between the antennae. Collar smoky brown, with white tip at the base of the
distinct, divided thoracic crest. Patagise with a lateral white line at base of pri-
maries. Vestiture mostly flattened hair. Abdomen reddish gray, untufted. Pri-
maries somewhat mottled with smoky brown shades, irregularly distributed.
Basal line geminate, black, broken, outcurved, connected with a short blackish
streak. T. a. line geminate, outer portion blackish, inner smoky and not relieved.
The line is unusually distant from base, outwardly oblique to the submedian
interspace, is then inwardly bent and forms an inward tooth on the internal vein.
T. p. line denticulate, very irregular, closely approaching the t. a. line in the sub-
median interspace and there connected with it by a black bar. S. t. line con-
colorous, a little irregular, marked by irregular smoky preceding s])ots of varying
sizes. Fringes cut with smoky. A smoky, diffuse median shade through the
centre of the wing. No claviform. Orbicular large, oblique, gray, open to the
costa, with a smoky outline. Eeniform of moderate size, gray, centrally con-
stricted, with a smoky outline. Secondaries pale, transparent carneous gray, the
fringes white tipped. Beneath reddish gray, powdery, with an obscure outer
line and a smoky discal spot on all wings.
Expands 40 n)m. = 1.60 inches.
Hab. — Canada ; New England States ; Northern New York.
Only the female is before nie at present and I have not had many
examples of this species under examination. It is so unlike any
other, however, that there can be no question as to its identity. I
have not noted any variation save in the amount of the smoky
shading.
Xyliua thaxteri Grote.
1874, Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 196, Lifkophane.
1875, Grt., List Noctuidae, pi., f. 3, Lithophane.
1876, Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit.. 203, an var. lambda.
1878, Lint., Ent. Cont., iv, 127, an var. lambda.
1882, Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 160, ? an var. conforms.
1891, Butler, Entomologist, xxiv, 263, = lambda.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 2.30, an sp. dist. ?
Head, thorax and primaries bright blue-gray. Head with a brown frontal
line, below which it is reddish. Collar with a narrow but clear black transverse
line, margined above with white scales. Thoracic crest distinct, divided, not
very high. Patagise witli a deep brown line at the sides. Primaries with a black
streak at base, curved up toward the costa at the basal half line, which is there
marked by geminate sjjots. Superiorly the streak is margined by a white line.
Below and beyond it is diffuse and becomes brown shaded. T. a. line geminate
on the costa, then the inner portion is lost and the outer is black, even, oblique
to the submedian interspace, thence inward to form an acute tooth on the inter-
nal vein. T. p. line geminate, smoky, outer portion becoming lost over the ceil,
included space clear gray, inner line lunulate, more or less incomplete, as a whole
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44
JOHN B. SMITH.
the line is not well marked and often lost in part. A prominent lilack bar con-
nects the lines in the suhniedian interspaces and this is difluse siijieriorly, with
a brown tinge. S. t. line defined by a series of black marks which form a promi-
nent inward tooth between 4 and 5, and another on vein 3, this latter almost
reaching the t. ]>. line. Beyond this the terminal space is often reddish or brown
shaded, but it sometimes remains of the normal ground color. There is a series of
very small terminal brown marks which are often wanting. The median shade is
brown or black, outwardly oblique from costa to the black streak connecting the
median lines, then always brown from the middle of this line to the inner mar-
gin. Inwardly this shade is sharply defined to form the outer margin of the
orbicular, outwardly it is diffuse, obscures the reniform and darkens the median
space to the t. p. line. Orbicular large, oval, oblique, open to the costa, inferiorly
broadly outlined in black. Eeniform large, upright, centrally constricted, shaded
with reddish, indefined except inferiorly, where it is prominently black margined.
Secondaries smoky, with either a purplish, red or yellow shading. Beneath
smoky, with carmine powderings, a more or less complete outer line and a smoky
discal lunule.
Expands 39-43 mm. ^ 1.56-1.72 inches.
Hab, — Canada ; New England States ; New York ; Northern
New Jersey ; Pennsylvania ; probably also along the northern
boundary, at least as far west as Illinois.
Twelve examples, representing both sexes, are before me. This
is the most striking species in our fauna, hence easy of recognition.
The variation is almost entirely in the amount of the brown shad-
ing and its richness ; this in turn being dependent upon the fresh-
ness of the specimen. The male antennae are shortly ciliated.
Typical lambda has not been before me for comparison, but both
varieties have been compared and the characters studied. Unless
the specimens seen by me are not lambda, that species is distinct
from thaxteri. Until a much closer study has been made of the
typical form I do not feel warranted in referring our American
form as identical with the European species.
LIST OF THE SPECIES.
XYLIIirA Oc.hs.
1. X. semiusta Grt.
2. X. hemina Grt.
3. X. disposita Grt.
4. X. bethunei G. and R.
5 X. patefacta Wlk.
6. X. innominata Smith.
signo.m Grt.
7. X. oriunda Grt.
8. X. gausapata Grt.
9. X. ferrealis Grt.
10. X. signosa Wlk.
petulca Grt.
11. X. amanda Smith.
12. X. contenta Grt.
pomona Smith.
X. itata Smith.
X. fagina Morr.
X. longior f^mith.
X. emarginata Smith.
X. holocinerea Smith.
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45
18. X. georgii Grt.
19. X. puella Smith
20. X. oregonen.sis Harv.
21. X. Winnipeg Smith.
22. X. unininda Lint.
23. X. laticinerea Grt.
24. X. grotei Riley.
cinerona || Grt.
25. X. antenuata Wlk.
cinerea Riley.
26. X. torrida Smith.
27. X. tepida Grt.
28. X. baileyi Grt.
29. X. querquera Grt.
30. X. viridipallens Grt.
31. X. pexata Grt.
washingtoniana Grt.
32. X. dilatocu la 8mif/i.
33. X. lepida Lint.
34. X. thaxteri Grt.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.
1. Harpe and dasper of male Xylina semiusta.
2. "
4. " " " '•
6.
Ha.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
hemina.
disposita.
bethtinei.
patefacta.
innominata.
innominata-
oriunda.
ferrealis.
sigijdsa.
amanda.
contenta.
fagina.
longioi^.
ernarginata,
holocinerea.
-different view.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.
16. Harpe and clasper of male Xylina georgii.
17. '■ " '' " " Winnipeg.
18. " " " " "' unimoda.
The last two structures are nearer iu actual size ; f. 17 was drawn with a two-
iuch ohjective; f. 18 with a three. As a matter of fact unimoda is lai'ger than
Winnipeg.
19. Harpe and clasper of male Xylina laticinerea.
20. "
21. "
2%, " " "
23. "
24. "
25. "
26. "
27. "
28. "
29. "
grotei.
same — another view.
antennata.
torrida.
same — another view less magnified.
tepida.
baileyi.
querquera.
pexata.
ingrica.
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AUGUST, 1900.
46 JOHN B. SMITH.
30. " " " " ■' (liliituciila.
31. " " " " " lep'ida.
32. " " " " " tltitxteri.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 111.
1.
Xylina sem'msta Grt.
2.
" hemina Grt. — ^ruelanic form.
3.
'■ dinpo.titd Grt. — normal.
4.
disposita — ii little suffused.
5.
" hethune.i G. and R.
6.
" bethimei G. and R.
7.
■' pafefacfn Wlk.
8.
" i7inominata Smith — dark form
9.
" innominata—Ught form.
10.
oriunda Grt.
11.
ferreaUs Grt. — dark form.
12.
" ferre,alis — light form.
13.
■' signosa Wlk.
14.
" /<«<« Smith— type.
15.
" itata — suffused.
16.
ama7ida Smith.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV
17. Xi/iina coutenta Grt. — uormal.
18. ■■ conteiita — small, dark form.
19. " fdgiua Morr.
20. '' io/M/Jor Smith —normal.
21. " lo7igior — much suffused.
22. " emarginata Smith.
23. " holocinerea Smith.
24. " georgii Grt.
25. " puella Smith.
26. " oregonenms Harv.
27. ■' Winnipeg Smith.
28. ■' nnimoda Lint.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE V
29.
Xylina Inticinerea Grt.
30.
" yrotei Riley.
31.
turrida Smith.
32.
nntennata Wlk.
33.
" tepidii Grt.
34.
" huileyi Grt.
35.
'■ qaerquera Grt.
36.
" viridipallens Grt
37.
" pexuta Grt.
38.
dilatocida Smith
39.
lepida.
40.
thaxteri.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soo., Vol. XXVII.
ri. I.
XYLINA.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXVII.
PI. II.
XYLINA.
Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, Vol. XXVII.
PI. III.
XYLINA.
Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc., Vol. XXVII.
PI. IV
XYLINA.
Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc, Vol. XXVII.
PI. V.
XYLINA.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 47
COMTRIBUTIOIVS TOWARD A MONOGRAPH OF THE
BfOCTUID^ OF BOREAL. l^ORTH AMERICA.
REVISION OF THE SPECIES OP ACONTIA Ocbs.
BY JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D.
Acontia, proposed by Ochsenheimer in " Die Schmetterlinge von
Europe," IV, 91, 1816, is characterized essentially as follows:
Medium sized species, with broad thoracic disc densely clothed with
flattened scales, scutellum very large, inflated and extended over the
Urst abdominal segment. Abdomen short, slender. Wings short
and broad,- greatly widened outwardly, primaries obtuse at the tip;
secondaries rounded, with stout veins, 5 somewhat weaker. Head,
breast, legs, abdomen and palpi closely scaled, the latter curved
over the front, terminal joint obtuse. Eyes comparative large, glo-
bose and naked. Tongue spiral, moderate or strong. Antennse
simple in both S5xes.
Our own species fit this description in a very general way only,
the large number of species in our fauna showing variations in
structure not paralleled in the poorer European fauna.
The eyes are naked, moderate in size ; head moderate, closely
applied to thorax but not retracted ; its front flat, convex, inflated,
protuberant, couically produced, with a small rounded truncate tip,
drawn out into a flat process with a chisel-like tip, rough or smooth.
As a rule the front is convex or moderately protuberant, in the
latter case generally a little roughened. Palpi oblique, usually not
exceeding the middle of the front. Antennae and tongue as de-
.scribed. Thorax as described, save that the inflated scutellum
varies and is sometimes scarcely noticeable. Sometimes an obvious
though hardly proniinent scale tuft prevents the ready recognition
of this feature. Legs as described. Abdomen as described.
The wings vary considerably in form. Types like aprica agree
rather well with the European forms. They vary to a more pointed,
longer form as in candefacta, the hind angle being sometimes a little
marked. A few species have them quite long and narrow as in
laaceolata, aar/usUpetmis, etc. The venation also tends to become
variable. In the primaries the accesory cell may be present or
absent in one species {candefacta), but usually the normal noetuid
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48 JOHN B. SMITH.
i
type is found. Ou the secondaries vein 8 may arise from the root
or from the subcostal, and if the former it may reunite with the
subcostal to form a loop at base, or it may run entirely free. As a
rule it joins the subcostal close to the base and runs contiguous with
it to the root.
It is in the origin and character of vein 5 that the greatest and
most radical variation occurs, for we have within the limits of the
genus, as recognized here, perfect trifids, perfect quadrifids and very
good intermediids. There is even a very considerable range within
the limits of one species. The forms in which vein 5 is weak, aris-
ing from the cross-vein well removed from the median and not con-
nected with it by a strong spur, are sutrix, viegocnla, neocula, elerjan-
tula, cretata, behrii, virginalis, binocula, meskei, teuuicola, lihedis,
neomexicana, candefacta and erastroides. These are typical trifids.
The species in which vein 5 is as fully developed as the others
and arises out of the median at the end of the cell, directly or on
a very short spur, are Jiauicoda, angustipennis, major, lanceolata,
gonella and areli. All these are true quadrifids, and, except areli,
all are narrow winged species. But not all narrow-winged species
are included ; and areli varies a little, tending to the third series, in
which vein 5 is little if any weaker than the others, and is from a
longer or shorter stout spur out of the median, and not from the
cross-vein.
The species belonging to this third series are terminimaeulata,
deleeta, fiavipennis, abdominalis, lactipennis, expolita, sedata, nuicola,
lucasi, biplaga, quadriplaga, schwarzii, arida and coquillettii. All
these might be called intermediids.
In one point nearly all these species agree ; they have veins 3 and
4 forked from the median at some distance beyond the cell. Expo-
lita, neocula and cretata are exceptions, 8 and 4 separating at the
end of the cell ; libedis is almost at the other extreme, the fork
occurring beyond the middle of the distance to the margin. The
venation therefore is as variable as it can well be within the family
limits.
The scale covering of the upper surface is usually smooth and
glistening giving the insects a characteristic appearance.
In the arrangement of the species several methods may be
adopted, based primarily upon the narrow, l)road or triangular
wing forms, upon the [)attern of maculation on the j)rimaries,
upon the color of tlie .secondaries, upon the structure of the front.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 49
upou the venation, or upon the c()h)rs of the head and thorax.
Neither of these will give a natural sequence in all cases, and the
arrangement adopted here is a mixed one based upon ease of recog-
nition, which also associates into small groups closely allied species ;
though the groups are not always in the best natural relation to
each other ; but then we cannot hope to get natural objects in a
linear series in any case.
The first two species, wliich may be considered as entitled to
generic rank, have the front produced in the form of a flat chisel-
like protuberance, and this series I have called Tornacontia. The
species are sutrix and megocula, the character just given separating
them readily from all the other species. They are larger forms, with
the primaries a little pointed. In siitrix the base is mainly white or
creamy to beyond the middle, where the lower dark half is squarely
cut off from the upper paler region. At first sight this species
looks like a larger form of teiiuicola, in which, however, the front
is merely inflated. Megocula has the primaries entirely gray, the
orbicular a small black dot, the reniform large, white ringed, promi-
nent, s. t. line white. It is a peculiar and easily recognizable form.
Two species, angudipennis a,nd Jiavicosta, have the front conicallv
produced and abruptly cut ofl" at the tip. These may be called
Conacontia, and they resemble each other in the narrow primaries,
general similarity in maculation and dusky thoracic disk. They
are easily associated with lanceolata on superficial characters, agree-
ing fairly well also in size.
In Jiavicosta the secondaries have a yellowish tinge and the pale
shades of primary are distinctly creamy. The light color extends
along the costal region to the s. t. line, usually unbroken, but some-
times tending to become interrupted beyond the middle.
Angudipennis much resembles this, but the secondaries are gi'ay
rather than yellowish, and the costal region of primaries is white.
This white space is much narrower than in Jiavicosta, and is always
more or less interrupted at and beyond the middle of the wing.
In all the other species the front is flat, protubei-ant or bulging,
smooth or a little roughened, but never either conical and truncate
or chisel like. There is some little individual variation here within
specific limits, which makes it impossible to use this modification
further for main divisions.
Terminimaculata is altogether difl'erent in color from all the other
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50 JOHN B. SMITH.
species. It is whitish only iit base and along costa ; t. a. line a
l)n)\vn hand, inwardly oblique from below costa; median space
l)luish gray, t. p. line sinuate, a red brown curved shade beyond it
at the inferior half, altogether different from the other species, which
are white, gray, black or olivaceous, but have no red or extensive
l)rown shadings.
Flaoipennis, abdomliialis and delecta have the abdomen dusky
and ringed with whitish or yellow ; a character easily recognized
and sharply distinct from the uniform white or gray of the other
species.
Flavlpennis is a dark, broad-winged form, secondaries tawny,
with a broad black margin, primaries mostly black, with two quad-
rate white costal patches, the largest white square containing the
small, round orbicular.
Abdomiualis is similar in wing form, but lacks all yellow in the
secondaries, and the primaries have much more white; in some ex-
amples, indeed, the basal half is white.
The posterior thoracic tuft in both the above species is well de-
veloped and the front is full though hardly inflated.
Delecta is much brighter throughout, larger and longer winged,
secondaries yellow, with narrow, incomplete, smoky outer band ; pri-
maries with smooth, glistening, somewhat metallic vestiture. A
broad, somewhat olivaceous bar extends from the basal third of
costa toward the hind angle, the space above and below this white,
more or less broken by darker shadings. The front is entirely flat.
All the remainder of the species have the abdomen unicolored,
pale ; and among them lactlpennis stands out at once by its choco-
hxte colored head and thorax. The body vestiture is composed of
l)road, shining scales, and the posterior thoracic tuft is obvious.
The front is inflated and a little bulging. The })rimaries are choco-
late brown at base, and have a broad olivaceous band before the
outer margin, through which is a bluish, zigzag line. The second-
aries are white, with an outer smoky or blackish border, variable in
width, but always rather narrow.
Major, expolita,, lanceolata and gonella have the head and collar
white or yellowish, the thorax else gray or brown.
Major is a large species, in which the abdomen and secondaries
are distinctly yellowish. The costal region is broadly white and
squarely cut off' at the s. t. line. The dark shade of the lower por-
tion of primaries is broken at the t. p. line, and there is no complete
AMERICAN LEPrDOPTERA. 51
connectiou with the dark apical patch. The front is distinctly in-
flated and protuberant.
Expolita is much smaller, the secondaries and abdomen are
merely tinged with yellow, and the dusky shading of primaries ex-
tends without break from the inferior base to the apex. 'The lower
half of the outer margin and fringe is creamy white, making a
decided contrast in color. The front is flat or scarcely convex.
In laneeolata the secondaries are white, with a narrow, smoky
outer border; in the female sometimes smoky throughout. The
species is rather large, the primaries with the lower half continu-
ously gray or dusky to the t. p. line. The costal region is white,
broken into two or three blotches by gray transverse maculation.
The front is convex or slightly protuberant.
Gonella is decidedly smaller, the secondaries more dirty fuscous
or smoky. The primaries have the dark shading of the lower half
broken on the median space, so that the arrangement of the macu-
lation is transverse, rather than longitudinal. The front is flat or
only a little convex.
Sedata has head and thorax gray, a little mottled, and the prima-
ries are also gray, two quadrate white costal patches representing
most of the light maculation. The front is protuberant, bulging
and rough.
Nuicola and lucad have the thoracic disc only, gray in color.
Nuicola much resembles sedata in wing form, in the protuberant
rough front and in the general type of maculation. The base is
always white, however, as is the basal half of the median space at
least.
Lumsi is much closer to laneeolata in appearance, size and general
type of maculation. The costal region is unbroken white to the s.
t. line, indented by the dark reniform. The front is convex only.
Biplaga, aprica, areli and erastroides have the head and some-
times part of the collar dark, the thorax otherwise white. They
are allied in a general way, yet easily distinguished.
Biplaga is mostly gray or blackish, with two quadrate, white, cos-
tal patches. The base may be white in part, or, in rare cases, nearly
all white ; but the median space is always solidly dark except for
the costal patch. The front is protuberant and rough at the tip.
Aprica is white at tlie base and to at least the middle of the
median space; along the costa the white shade extends to the s. t.
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52 JOHN B. SMITH.
line, but usually broken on t. j). line so as to form one quadrate
patch. Front as before.
Areli is pale to the middle of the wing for its full width, is then
dark outwardly, except for a quadrate, white costal patch toward
apex. The front is flat, scarcely convex aiid not at all roujih. By
its even division through the middle, this species is readily distin
guished. It is also a little larger than its immediate allies.
Erastroides is altogether different from the species with which it
is here associated ; but, indeed, it does not closely resemble any other
of this genus. The primaries are rather short and broad, the outer
margin rounded, so that in wing form the species stands by itself.
And that the dark shading, though broad on the inner margin, is
terminated below the costa so that this is white to the apex, and the
difference from all others in this immediate series is obvious.
In the remainder of the species the head and thorax are entirely
white.
Quadriplaga resembles biplaga in color, wing form and in the
two quadrate, wliite costal patches in each wing. But it is dis-
tinctly smaller and the secondaries have a yellowish tinge.
Schwarzii and arlda are forms in which the dark shading starts
on the internal margin within the middle, extends obliquely to the
reniform, then runs parallel with the costa nearly to the s. t. line
where it breaks .s(|uarely to the costa. A dusky shading from the
costa at the t. p. line tends to and often does cut off a quadrate
white patch. Even when it does not, the sijuare termination of the
white gives the impression of such a spot.
Schwarzii is the larger of the species, and the dark shadings are
smooth, glossy steel-gray. This dark shading invades the base, but
is indefined. The front is rough and a little protuberant.
Arida is a brighter, more definitely marked species. The dark
shadings are olive-gray, and a yellow tinge seems to pervade the
wing without being definitely localized. The course of the yellow-
ish s. t. line is characteristic, forming a prominent, acute, upward
tooth opposite the anal angle. The front is smooth and only a little
convex.
In all the remaining species the base is white or creamy to or
beyond tiie middle, though it may be clouded with gray or crossed
by gray lines. Usually the gray shading begins on the inner mar-
gin at or beyond the middle and curves toward the apex, reach-
inw the <'i)sta at or about the s. t. line. Sometimes it includes the
AMEKICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 53
terminal space and sometimes it does not. Sometimes yellow or
olivaceous replace the gray, or there may be a mottled effect pro-
duced l)y the presence of all three.
Coquillettii, neocula, cretata and behrii have neither orbicular nor
reniform. Of the orbicular no trace exists ; the reniform is some-
times obscurely indicated in individual examples, but usually there
is not even a trace.
Coquillettii differs at once from the others in having the second-
aries black, with white fringes. The primaries have a yellow tinge,
two dusky clouds on the costa and a broken dusky s. t. band. The
front is full and a little bulging, but hardly protuberant.
Neocula has the dusky outer band narrow, the basal and median
space almost unbrokenly white. There is, occasionally, a small cos-
tal cloud, and very rarely a trace of a basal cloud ; but these are
exceptional and so poorly marked that they are readily overlooked.
The front is convex and a little roughened, but hardly protuberant.
Cretata has the outer gray shading broader, more defined. There
is more or less gray along the costa, sometimes extending to base so
as to make visible the t. a. line in the costal region. The two last
named species are very closely allied, but from the series at hand
seem to be distinct. The front is a little protuberant in some exam-
ples, but usually convex only.
Behrii has the outer shading much more aggressively marked
with rougher, black scales, the s. t. line slender, blue, marked by
black spots and shades. The t. a. line is gray and completely de-
fined across the wing. The front is scarcely convex.
^legantula, virginalis and binocnla lack the orbicular, but have
the reniform present and obviously mai-ked in all examples.
Elegantnla is easily recognized by the continuous dark band
across the middle of the wing, beyond which it is dusky. It is thus
almost half white, half dusky and always readily distinguished.
The front is conically protuberant but not truncate at tij). Never-
theless it is close to the Conacontia type.
Virginalis has a yellow median shade band which is traceable in
all examples and usually obvious, though by no means contrasting.
The entire wing has a somewhat yellowish tint beyond the middle,
the dusky oblique shade being narrow and broken. The reniforn)
is a solid round gray spot, with a narrow white annulus. The front
is convex and tends to become protuberant.
Binocnla is similar to the preceding, but with the yellow band
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54 JOHN B. SMITH,
rnucli less marked, the dark shading much l)roader, and in all re-
spects much better defined. None of the specimens that 1 have
seen had the oblique band at all broken, and in all of them it begins
at almost the exact middle of the hind margin. Tlie front is con-
\'ex, a little inflated, but hardly protuberant.
In all the remaining species the orbicular is represented by a more
or less obvious black dot, the reniform being also obviously present
in all cases except meskeana, where it is either wanting or merely
traceable.
This latter species has a faint yellowish tinge throughout, the
dark shading begins on the inner margin beyond the middle, ex-
tends to the median vein and is then abruptly cut off to the s. t. line,
along which it then extends to the costa. The median lines are
both marked by black spots on the costa. The front is protuberant
and roughened.
Tenidcola is of the same general type, but much darker as well as
smaller in size. The dark shading often begins on internal margin
at the t. a. line, and always before the middle, while the s. t. s{)ace
is all dark except the costa. The reniform is always distinct, whit-
ish centered and dark ringed. The front is protuberant and a little
roughened at tip.
In neomexicana and candefaeta the dusky shading is smooth, a
little olivaceous and narrows gradually, end)racing half of the reni-
form which is solid gray, annulate with white. There is a more or
less obvious, yellow, median shade from a dusky costal blotch.
Neomexicana is much the paler, and the outer dusky band is
broken, much narrower than in canaefacta. The secondaiies .are
white, the front is protuberant and roughened.
Candefaeta has the secondaries largely smoky, with contrasting
white fringes. The outer dusky shading of primaries begins at or
within the middle of the internal margin and extends without break
to the apex. The front varies from inflated to strongly protuberant,
and is more or less roughened.
Tarache ardoris Hbn., I have not identified among the material
in my posession. South American examples are in the Neumoegen
collection, and Mr. Grote has doubted the North American habitat
of the species. Unfortunately, I have had no material from Georgia
or Florida, hence cannot say positively that the species does not
occur. The species resembles candefaeta in a general way but has
narrower primaries and a yellow tinge to the secondaries.
For the present it must be, if doubtfully, held among our species.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 55
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES.
1. Front of the head proriuced into a long: process witli a flat, chisel-like tip.
Tornacoiitia 2.
Front conically protuberant to a round, small, truncated tip, which is rough
and bare Conacontia 3.
Front flat, convex, inflated or protuberant, smooth or rough ; variations being
found in the same species Acontia 4.
2. Primaries white or creamy to middle, where the lower dark half is squarely
cut off from the paler costal region NUtrix.
Primaries all gray; orbicular a punctiform black spot; reniform large, round,
blackish, white ringed, prominent niegocula.
3. Costal region of primaries broadly yellowish to the s. t. line, usually unbroken ;
secondaries with a yellowish tint (laviCOMta.
Costal region of primaries narrowly white, usually interrujited by dark bars:
secondaries gray angustipcnnis.
4. Primaries mainly reddish brown in tinge, whitish only at base and along costa,
an inwardly oblique brown band forming the t. a. line.
terininiiiiaciilata.
Primaries ranging from white to black and white spotted, without red or red-
brown marks or bands: usually white, with gray, yellowish or black-
ish shadings 5.
5. Abdomen dark or blackish, conspicuously ringed with white or yellow 6.
Abdomen concolorous with secondaries, never obviously ringed or banded- .8.
6. Primaries moderately elongate, trigonate ; secondaries yellow, with an incom-
plete outer smoky band ; primaries with a broad dark bar from basal
fourth of costa diagonally across the disc (lelerta.
Primaries short and broad, outer and inner margin almost equal in length ;
primaries without the discal bar 7.
7. Secondaries blackish, disc and fringes tawney ; primaries mostly black or gray,
with large quadrate, white costal spots flavipeiiiiis.
Secondaries blackish, disc and fringes whitish ; primaries in general as before
but with much more white abdoiiiiiialis.
S. Head and thorax chocolate brown ; primaries with a chocolate brown patch at
base lactipeuiiiM.
Head and collar white or yellowish, thorax else gray or brown 9.
Head and thorax all gray, a little mottled 10.
Head white, disk of thorax gray 11.
Head gray or black, thorax white 12.
Head and thorax all white or creamy 13.
9. Secondaries and abdomen yellow ; size large ; dark markings of primaries con-
tinuous along inner margin, broken between the median space and
apex major.
Secondaries and abdomen with a faint yellow tinge; size small ; dark mai-k-
ings of primaries continuous from base to apex, leaving the costa
white expolita.
Secondaries and abdomen whitish ; dark markings of primaries continuous
along inner margin and to apes : costal white region broken by two
broad bands, which are usually incomplete ; larger. . . -lanceolata.
Secondaries smoky outwardly ; primaries mottled, median space white to the
inner margin gonella.
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56 JOHN B. SMITH.
10. Entire tliorax gray ; priniarios mostly gray, two large. ()iia<lratp, wliitc cos-
tal patches representing most of the wliitc markings Nodttlx.
Disc of thorax gray, patagiiv whitish ; primaries mostly white at base and to
the middle of the wing iiiii«*ola.
11. Costal region broadly white to s. t. line; dark shade continuous along inter-
nal margin to s. t. line, then upcurved to apex liiCiiNi.
12. Primaries mostly gray or black, with two quadrate, white costal patches;
basal space more or less white mottled I>ipla;;a.
Primaries white to the middle of median space, more or less gray mottled ;
one quadrate, white costal patch before the apex, not always com-
pletely separated off aprira.
Primaries with basal lialf white or creamy, rigidly sejiarated from the dark
outer half, which is broken on the costa before apex by a quadrate,
white patch areli.
Primaries creamy white; from median shade to s. t. line on inner margin a
dark shade extends to the cell and obliquely outward to vein 7, leaving
the costa clear to the apical region erastrwideK.
13. Primaries chiefly gray, leaving two quadrate white spots on the costa . . . -14.
Primaries more evenly divided between white and dark, the dark shadings
so arranged as to provide for a quadrate, costal white patch before
apex, though this may not be completely separated off 15.
Primaries white or creamy from base to or beyond middle, clear and inter-
rupted ; outer portion of wing gray, yellow or olivaceous, not squarely
terminated in the costal region so as to indicate a quadrate ante-apical
patch 1<>.
14. Eesembles biplaga ; orbicular wanting, secondaries decidedly yellowish.
qiiadriplaga.
15. Larger; primaries smooth, steel-gray and white, the shade undefined; s. t.
line without notable peculiarity scliwarzii.
Smaller; creamy, with yellowish and olive smooth shadings; s. t. line yel-
lowish, unusually broad and distinct, forming a prominent, acute up
ward angle opposite the hind angle arida.
16. Orbicular absent 17.
Orbicular present as a more or less defined black dot 22.
17. Reniform wanting 18.
Reniform present 20.
18. Secondaries black, fringes white; primaries with a creamy shading.
cuqiiillettii.
Secondaries white 19-
19. Outer gray shading narrow, smooth, costa rarely with a trace of gray clouds
basally iit'ociila.
Outer gray shading broader, more defined ; costal region more or less gray
clouded, so as to usually define the t. a. line cretata.
Outer dark shading blackish, with rough black and blue scales belirii.
20. Base unbroken white to the middle, then gray or darker, rigidly defined by
abroad median band elegaiitula.
Basal white shade extends along costa to s. t. line ; (he dusky outer shadings
not rigidly defined • • • -21.
21. Size larger; a yellow median shade line; a narrow, yellowish and gray
curved band from outer third of inner margin to apex...virgiuali!<.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 57
Smaller: yellow median shade more obscure; outer shadings gray or oliva-
ceous, broad, beginning at or within middle of inner margin.
binociila.
22. The dark shading is sharply defined inwardly and abruptly cut above the
middle of the median space • 23.
Dark shading less well defined, evenly oblique inwardly, not abruptly cut or
narrowed above the middle of median space 24.
23. Reniform obscure or wanting; outer dark margin nari-ow, base white or
creamy to the middle and in the costal region almost to the s. t. line.
ineskei.
Reniform distinct, round, white centered; outer dark margin broad; base
white or creamy only to the t. a. line or a little beyond. ..teiiuicola.
Reniform as before, dark shade forming only a large quadrate patch on the
inner margin, else luteous or olivaceous, except at base libedis.
24. The dusky shade is smooth, glossy and extends to the apex 25.
25. Secondaries white or nearly so; outer dusky baud of primaries narrow and
broken iieomexiciiiiia.
Secondaries more or less smoky, with white fringes; altogether darker; outer
, dusky shading of primaries begins at or within middle of inner mar-
gin and extends, unbroken, to the apex caiidefacta.
Toi*iia<;onlia sutrix Grote.
1S80, Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 154, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 299, Acontia.
Head, thorax and abdomen white, with a faint yellowish tinge, which is best
marked on the abdomen. Palpi short and weak, hardly exceeding the front of
the head. Primaries creamy white at base: below median vein this is bounded
by a broad black median shade, which is upright and conspicuous from median
vein to inne rmargin : above this the creamy shade extends into the s. t. space,
though irregularly and not definitely bounded anywhere. T. p. line fragmen-
tary, deeply sinuate, mostly olivaceous, partly black marked. S. t. line white,
broad, very irregular, sending a long spur into the submedian interspace. This
line is partly preceded by luteous brown, and in the lower half of wing by irregu-
lar bluish and gray mottlings. Terminal space mottled with leaden gray, or
ochreous and white, the apex always dark. A broken black terminal line.
Fringes mostly dark, with a prominent white patch below the middle. Orbicular
black, punctiform, always present. Reniform upright, oval, incompletely out-
lined in black, followed by a rather prominent black spot which rests ou the t.
p. line. Secondaries smoky or paler, glistening; fringes white. Beneath, pri-
maries smoky to blackish, irregularly paler along the outer and costal margins.
Secondaries white or faintly yellowish, the outer margin dusky, a dusky half
band from costa, and a small discal lunule.
Expands 20-25 mm. — .?0-1.00 inches.
iJa6.— Colorado, June; Poncha Springs in July; Denver in
August ; Nevada ; Arizona ; New Mexico.
Twenty two example.s are before me, and no two are alike. The
tendency is, primarily, to soft, silver gray shadings in the pale basal
space, which may become so complete that only a pale t. a. line is
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58 JOHN B. SMITH.
left. The first tendency in these shades is to define such a line,
next to complete the median shade, arid next to define the t. p. line.
Yet, with all this variation of mottling, the maculation as first de-
scribed is easily distinguishable in all cases. The species seems to
be rather a common one in its range.
'I'ornacontia niegoeiila n. sp.
Head, thorax aud abdomen white. Primaries almost uniformly steel gray,
white powdered in the basal space, and the t. a. line faintly indicated. A whit-
ish longitudinal streak is in the cell, extends from the orbicular to the reniform
and beyond it to the outer margin. S. t. line white, only a little irregular. A
whitish costal patch before the s. t. line, and the veins are cut with white through
the terminal space. The orbicular is a slightly elongated black dot. Reniform
large, black powdered, annulate with white, round, conspicuous. Secondaries
white, with a vague smoky outer border. Beneath, primaries smoky, costal and
outer margin a little paler; secondaries white.
Expands 30 mm. = 1.20 inches.
Hah. — Southern California (Barnes).
One female, in fair condition only. The species is very distinct
and at once separable from all the others near it in structure by the
uniform gray sutfusion and by the large round reniform, which is
annulate with whitish. The frontal structure is essentially as in
sutrix, but the chisel-like tip is narrower. The median vein forks
into 3 and 4 about one-third beyond the end of the cell, and in this
the species agrees with its generic ally. In both species also vein 5
arises from the cross vein almost midway between 4 and 6, though
nearer to 4. It is practically as strong as the remainder of the veins.
Coiiac<»iitia flavicowta n. sp.
Head and CdlJar creamy white, a very little shaded with gray. Thorax else
(icherous brown. Abdomen with a slightly yellowish tinge. Primaries cream
yellow along the costa from base nearly to the s. t. line extending inward to the
middle of the cell or even below the cell itself, the tendency being to narrow at
the outer portion of median space. The median shade may be marked on the
costa, and, at the inception of the t. p. line, there may be an olivaceous shading
which tends to cut off an irregular ante-apical patch. The inferior half or 5 of
the prin)aries, from base to s. t. line and extending through s. t. space to costa,
is a brownish gray, varying a little toward luteous or olivaceous. T. a. line some-
times distinct, single, dark, upright from inner margin to the costal shade, some-
times altogether wanting. Median shade a whitish, yellowish or bluish irregu-
lar indefined band, which may also be wanting. T. p. line u.sually indicated on
costa, indicated by black scales beyond the reniform, deeply incurved below the
cell, and visible in all specimens as a broken black single line. S. t. space partly
leaden filled, varying to whitish mottlings inferiorly. S. t. line white on the
costa, yellowish and diffuse toward hind margin, often taking in all the terminal
space at the hind angle. Terminal space more or less gray filled, always dark at
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 59
the apex. A broken black terminal line. Fringes mostly gray, a whitish patch
at about middle and another half way between it and apex. Orbicular puncti-
form, small, often wanting. Eenifurm obscure, at its best upright, oval, the sides
outlined by black or olivaceous scales. On some examples it is barely indicated.
Secondaries smoky yellowish, very light and a little glistening. Beneath, prima-
ries yellowish, disc smoky ; secondaries white, smoky toward outer margin.
Expands 23-27 mm. = .92-1.08 inches.
Hab. — Kot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 ft. (Hulst) ; Colorado
(Bruce); Black Hills, Montana (Hulst).
Seven examples, five of them nmles, are before me. They vary
in the amount of dark shading, but in no case is the yellowish cos-
tal shade cut before the inception of the t. p. line and then incom-
pletely. As it happens, both specimens where this occurs are
females, and it may be that in this sex there is uniformly more
gray. Four of the males hav^e the creamy margin unbroken to the
s. t. space.
Vein 5 is as strong as the others and from the median at the end
of the cell. Veins 3 and 4 branch one-third from the end of the cell.
€'onaconlia aiigustipeiinis Grote.
1875, Grt., Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 426, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 299, Acontia.
Head and collar white or with a faint yellowish tinge, more or less gray mot-
tled. Thorax else smoky gray or brownish. Abdomen yellowish, pale gray. Pri-
maries white or faintly yellow tinged along the costal margin, the costa itself gray
shaded. The white shade extends from base above the median vein to the med-
ian shade. It is there interrupted in whole or in part, and beyond this the white
is reduced to half its width and again interrupted at t. p. line, leaving an irregu-
lar though subqnadrate spot in the s. t. space. The dark shading of the wing is
smoky gray, sometimes with an olivaceous tinge, extends through the lower part
of the wing from base to s. t. line and through s. t. space to the apex. S. t. space
bluish or white mottled inferiorly, varying in amount. Terminal space white
mottled, except at apex where it is gray, emphasized by a small black spot. T.
a. line traceable in most specimens through the dark portion of the wing, single,
upright. Median shade olivaceous on costa where it starts as a triangular patch,
wholly or almost crossing the pale costal space, usually lost in the darker shade.
T. p. line starts from an olivaceous quadrate costal patch varying in size, fragmen-
tary over the cell, deeply incurved below and made up of blackish, lunate, inter-
spaceal marks through the dark shading. S. t. line white on the costa, broken
and irregular at apical fourth, then diffuse and more or less filling the terminal
space. A black terminal line, broken on the veins. Fringes long, gray at base,
violaceous outwardly, cut with white at apical fourth. Orbicular wanting, or a
small black dot only. Eeniform round or nearly so, olivaceous ringed, sometimes
olivaceous filled as well. Secondaries grayish to smoky, with white fringes.
Beneath faintly yellow tinged, primaries with disc irregularly smoky; second-
aries with a small discal lunule and a narrow, smoky outer border.
Expands 25-28 mm. = 1.00-1.12 inches.
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60 JOHN B. SMITH.
Hub. — Ft. Collins, Colorado (Gillette); Glenwood Springs, Colo-
rado (Barnes); New Mexico ; Pierre, South Dakota (Truman).
Five examples, only one of which is a male. Compared with the
preceding, the present s|)ecies is much more gray, the white costal
shading much more broken up and never extending below the
median vein. The tendency here is to a round, solid gray reniform,
three of the five specimens being so marked.
The venation of the secondaries is [)ractically as in flavicosta.
Acoiiti» terniiiiiiiiaciilatit Grute.
1873, Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 15.3, Tarache.
1874, Grt., Bull. Buff". Soc. Nat. Sci., ii. 162, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat, Mus., 301, Acontia.
Head and thorax bluish pale gray, varying toward yellowish in some cases.
Abdomen yellowish pale gray. Primaries creamy or bluish gray in basal space
and along costa to t. p. line. T. a. line a broad, inwardly oblique brown or black-
ish band, which does not cross the costal region. Median space bluish or violet-
gray ; outer portion above, blackish powdered before t. p. line ; below with a bright
rusty red-brown half band, anteriorly defined by a white median line which
does not extend above the middle, outwardly by the t. j). line. T. p. line an
oblique white mark on costa, defined by a blackish shading opposite the cell,
deeply incurved and whitish below the middle of the wing. S. t. space more or
less brown shaded, tending to luteous toward the hind margin on which rests a
violet shade. S. t. line indefinite. A series of black terminal dots on the veins.
Orbicular a small black dot or wanting. Reniform large, with a vague smoky
outline, else concolorous. Secondaries yellowish to smoky, with con<"olorous
fringes. Beneath, primaries tawny, with a smoky disc. Secondaries paler, with
a narrow smoky median line which may be obsolete.
Expands 25-27 mm. -= 1.00-1.08 inclies.
Hab. — Massachusetts; New York ; New Brunswick, New Jersey,
August 18th ; Illinois in August. Probably occurs throughout the
Middle and Central States.
Three specimens only are at present under examination ; but I
have seen many others that did not differ essentially in appearance.
The variation is chiefly in the differences of shade of the lighter por-
tions of the wing, and this ranges from almost white to decided
cream yellow in one direction, to almost violet in the other.
The body is, on the whole, more robust than in its allies, and the
wings are a little broader. The inner margin is sinuate and the
hind angle is a little drawn out or produced. On the posterior wing
the 3rd and 4th veins arise from the end of the cell and 5 arises
from a little spur, clo.se to and as strong as the submedian.
Acontia delecta Walker.
1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het.. xii, 799, Acontia.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 61
1868, G. and E., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 78, Tnrnche.
1874, Morr.. Proc. Bost. Soe. N. H., xvii, 212, Tarache.
1888, Weeks, Ent. Amer., iv, 46. larva.
1892, Beut.. Bull. Am. Miis. N. H., iv. 68, larva.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 301, Aconfia.
metalUca Grt.
1865, Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil., iv, 327, pi. ii, f. 7, AconUa.
1868, G. and R.. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 78, pr. svn.
Head, collar and disc of thorax dark chocolate-hrown, overlaid by metallic
gray or blue scales. Patagise white. Abdomen pale yellow, banded with black-
ish. Primaries white from base to outer third of wing, interrupted by a broad
band of metallic gray and mossy dark green, which extends from basal fourth of
costa diagonally across the disc to a little below the middle of the dusky outer
shading. The white shade is also interrupted by a metallic gray spot at basal
third of inner margin. T. p. line is indicated by a mossy green costal patch, is
lost in the white space, and reappears below it as a narrow, metallic blue line,
preceded by a mossy green shading. S. t. space mostly deep carmine, with blue
metallic interrupting lines. S. t. line metallic blue at inception, white, with
metallic shadings from apiital third. Terminal space white, except toward and
at apex. A series of terminal black, venular marks. Fringes mossy at inner
angle, then white to middle, the upper portion mostly metallic steel or blue gray.
No apparent orbicular. Eeniform a mossy green, indefined blotch, which may be
absent. Secondaries yellow, with a broad blackish outer band, which does not
extend to the anal angle. Beneath yellow; primaries with a black or blackish
disc, and a black anteapical costal spot. Secondaries with a black anteapical cos-
tal spur.
Expands 2.5-28 mm. = 1.00-1.15 inches.
iZf/i*.— New York and southward to Florida and Texas ; not
common.
This very handsome species is so much different from all its allies
that recognition should be easy. The wings are moderately de-
veloped, the hind margin a little sinuate, liind angle not notably
produced.
On the secondaries, the median vein forks at about one-fourth
from end of cell ; vein 5 is from a short spur at the end of the cell
near to the subraedian and about as strong as the others.
Morrison lists delecta from Texas, May 5th and 7th ; but judg-
ing from what he says in connection with this, it seems almost cer-
tain that the species before him was abdominalis Grt., and not the
form here referred to.
Acotia flavipeiiiiiiii Grote.
1873, Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 153, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 298. Acontia.
Head and thorax black, relieved by scattered white scales. Abdomen black,
segments narrowly white ringed. Primaries mostly black or dark smoky brown,
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62 JOHN B. SMITH.
variably marked by white. There is always a large irregular white costal patch
which iucliides the black, puuctiform orbicular aud extends to the narrow, up-
right black reniform; in one case it included this spot. A second white, much
smaller patch, is at the inception of the t. p. line. In one example the terminal
space is mostly white, in three others it is uniform with the dark shading.
Three specimens have a more or less obvious whitish j)atch on the middle of the
inner margin ; two specimens have a whitish streak from base to t. a. line, which
latter is white marked in one example. T. p. line a series of black interspaceal
spots, sinuate in general course, sometimes accompanied by metallic blue scales.
S. t. line white, slender, more or less broken, irregular, preceded by black scales
which, in one case, seem to have obsorbed the white. A series of l)lack terminal
marks on the veins. Sometimes all beyond the t. p. line is deep red-brown.
Secondaries black, with the disc tawny yellow, veins and a discal lunule black.
Beneath, tawny yellow, in one case with only a discal lunule and a costal mark
at outer third black. Usually there is a black outer margin, an outer half band
and a black discal spot. The primaries may have part of the disc also blackish.
Expands 20-25 mm. = .80-100 inches.
Hab. — San Diego, Sououia and Placer Co. (June), California ;
Sierra Nevada ; Oregon.
Four exainple.s, male and female, selected from a series to show
variation, are under examination. Of what this variation consists
has been sufficiently indicated in the general description. The
wings are broad, outer margins rounded, apices obtuse. The sec-
ondaries branch 3 and 4 one-third from end of cell ; 5 is as strong
as the others, and is from a short spur of the cross-vein close to the
median.
The species should be readily recognized by the tawny second
aries and very dark primaries, on which the two white costal patches
only are really relieved.
Acontia al»cloiiiiiiali!« Grote.
1877, Grt., Can. Ent., ix, 1.57, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 298, Aconfia.
Head and thorax smoky gray-brown : collar white lined at base and sometimes
white mottled, patagise white edged and rarely all white. Abdomen dark smoky,
narrowly white ringed. Primaries mainly white to the outer portion of median
space. The basal space is always gray mottled, at least on costa and may be en-
tirely gray, in which case the t. a. line is indicated as nearly upright, a little
angulated on the median vein. From this angle a gray shade may extend across
the white portion of the median space dividing in into two large subquadrate
patches. T. p. line starts from a white costal spot, is then black, broken on the
veins, the spots irregular, sinuate in course, usually preceded by metallic blue
scales. S. t. space more or less red-brown, rarely gray. S. t. line white, precc^ded
by black scales and shadings. Terminal space irregularly mottled with white,
gray, blue and black, no two specimens alike, save that the apex is always dark.
A broken black terminal line. Fringes mostly dark, but always broadly cut
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with white below the middle. Orbicular black, punctiform, always present on
the white shading and usually well niai'ked. Eeniform gray or blackish, oval,
not well marked, ofteu lost in the dark shading. Secondaries mostly blackish,
becoming pale basally and with a dusky discal lunule. Beneath curiously mot-
tled with black and yellowish white. Primaries black, inner margin, part of
costa, part of terminal space, an ante-apical blotch and a triangular discal blotch
pale. Secondaries mostly pale; a black outer band, from which a central ray is
sent to the base; a discal lunule, a half band from the costa, and one or two rays
from the base, all blackish.
Expands 21-2(5 mm. ^ .84-1.04 inches.
Hab. — Kansas in May; Arizona; Texas, March, May, Septem-
ber, December.
Eight specimens, representing both sexes, are under examination
and no two of them are alike. The two extremes are : a base un-
interruptedly white to the outer portion of median space, and a
wing solid gray, with two quadrate costal patches, a whitish longi-
tudinal shade over subraedian vein, and a whitish patch on internal
margin. Between these extremes all possible intermediate forms
occur.
In wing form and general habitus this species resembles flavipen-
nis, as it does also in the venation of the secondaries. Vein 6 seems
to be a little more remote from the median, but otherwise there is no
difference, and this is hardly appreciable in some cases.
Acontia laclipeniiis Harvey.
1875, Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., iii, 10, pi. ii, f. 3, Tarache.
1875, Harv., Can. Ent., vii. 135, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, Acontia.
Head and thorax glistening chocolate-brown. Abdomen white. Primaries
with an oblique chocolate patch at base, narrow on costa, extending to about one-
fourth on inner margin; beyond this, white to the outer part of median space.
At the outer portion of wing is a deep, dark mossy green band, extending from
just within the hind angle, first a little incurved, then outcurved, to the apex,
leaving the terminal space white. A narrow denticulated metallic blue line
runs through this shade, representing the s. t. line. A yellow spot at outer third
of costa sends an oblique yellow shading outwardly to join the baud at about the
place of the reniform. This is variably evident and is about the only variable
feature in the wing. The ordinary spots are wanting. Secondaries white, with
a variably distinct outer band, sometimes complete, more rarely starting broadly
at the apex and narrowing to nothing a little before the anal angle. Beneath,
primaries blackish, except along the margins. Secondaries white.
Expands 24-28 mm. = .96-1.12 inches.
Hah. — Texas, April to June.
Eight examples, evenly divided as to sex, are before me and I
have seen numerous others. This is one of those satisfactory spe-
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64 JOHN B. SMITH.
cies that is easily recognizable and obviously distinct from any allies.
The variation is scarcely appreciable and the chocolate-colored head,
thorax and base of primaries are characteristic.
The primaries are moderately elongate, trigonate, outer margin
oblique, convex, apex marked. Secondaries with 8 and 4 forking a
short distance beyond the cell, 5 weaker than the others, arising
from a short spur from the median.
Acoiitia major n. sp.
Head mostly brown, posteriorly white marked. Collar white. Thorax else
brownish jrray. Abdomen with a yellowish tinge. Primaries broadly wliite in
the costal I'egion, extending to the middle of the s. t. space, where it is squarely
terminated. This shade may be uninterrupted, or it may have on the costa
small black marks at the inception of the median lines. The lower half of the
wing is gray-brown, more or less violet tinged to the t. p. line. At the apex is a
quadrate patch of gray-brown, marked by black and blue scales, and between
these dark shades is a gray irregular mottling. Lower half of subterminal and
terminal spaces white, more or less gray mottled. T. a. line indicated by black
scales through the dark portion of the wing. T. p. line marked in a fragmen-
tary way opposite the cell and more evidently by black interspaceal lunate
marks in the dark .shading. S. t. line marked by black and blue scales in the
dark apical patch, then lost in the white, or imperfectly defined by gray shad-
ings. A series of prominent, black, interspaceal, terminal marks. Fringe gray
at hind angle and at apical third, but mottled with white; elsewhere white.
Orbicular a small black spot. Eeniform small, gray, laterally black marked.
Secondaries yellow tinged, with a smoky outer margin, which is broad on the
costa and narrows to nothing at the anal angle. Beneath, primaries with disk
blackish, margins irregularly yellow; fringes cut with bla(-kish at apex, at one-
third from that point and at the hind angle. Secondaries uniform yellow.
Expands 26-29 mm. = 1.05-1.16 inches.
Hab. — Colorada, without definite locality.
Two females from Dr. Barnes. It is probable that the the range
of variation is greater than indicated in the two examples, but I
have seen no others. The primaries are .somewhat elongate, tend-
ing to subparallel, apices marked but scarcely prominent. In the
secondaries vein 5 arises directly from the median at the end of the
cell, is moderately strong only, and 3 and 4 fork about one third of
the distance toward the outer margin. The body is robust, the head
seeming, proportionately, to be rather small.
Acwiilia cvpolita Grote.
1882, Grt.. Papilio, iii, 131, Tar ache.
1S9.3, Smith, Bull. 44. U. S. Nat. Mus., 298, Avontia.
Head and collar white, thorax gray, a little mottled. Abdomen yellow- tinged.
Primaries with costal region white or creamy, unbrokeu to the s. t. line. Ke-
mainder of the wing gray, except the lower half of the terminal space and the
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65
fringes opposite. This gray portion of the wing is shaded with mossy green
violet and carmine, hut not evenly, nor alike in the specimens. In general, the
violet shades extend through s. t. space, sometimes forming a blue line, and then
along inner margin. The green shades border the white anterior region, and
the carmine shading is apical. In one example the t. p. line crosses the pale
costal region as a narrow greenish line. The orbicular is wanting; reniform
obscurely olive margined. Secondaries with a faint yellowish tinge. Beneath
yellowish, primaries more positively so, the disk dark or blackish. Secondaries
with or without an obscure discal lunule.
Expands 18-20 mm. = .72-.80 inches.
if a6.— Arizona; Round Mt., Texas.
Two males and two females, all very much alike and agreeing
with the type. The species is very characteristic and, with its broad
pale costal region and white hind angle is easily recognizable. The
primaries are moderately long, trigonate, with long fringes. Sec-
ondaries with o and 4 forking at the end of the cell, not beyond as
is usual ; 5 decidedly weaker and from a short spur nearer to 4.
Acoiitia laiiceulata Grote.
1879, Grt., Can. P^nt.. xi, 198, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, IT. S. Nat. Mus., 299, Acontia.
Head mottled with gray. Collar white. Thorax else gray. Abdomen dirty
white. Primaries white along costal region to the middle of the s. t. space where
it is squarely cut olf. The median shade is marked on the costa and may extend
across the costal white space as a gray bar or a yellowish shading. T. p. line
broadly marked on the costa, usually extending across the white space as a broad
bar, though sometimes only as an olivaceous shading. There may be thus, along
costa, a continuous white space from base to the middle of s. t. space; a white
bar to t. p. line and a quadrate white patcli beyond ; or there may be a white bar
to the middle, followed by two quadrate white costal patches. Below the median
vein the wing is gray, becoming olivaceous and tending to mottled beyond the t.
p. line toward the apex. S. t. and terminal space white mottled below the mid-
dle. Fringes mostly gray, cut with white at the middle and half way between
it and tip. There is a series of evident, black terminal dots. T. a. line trace-
able through the dark color in some specimens as an upright, dusky shading. T.
p. line is broken, sinuate, dusky, never more than traceable. S. t. line marked
by blue and black scales in the brown apical patch, narrow whitish below, until
it merges into the irregular mottling of the s. t. and terminal space above the
hind angle. Orbicular absent. Reniform olivaceous, oval, •sometimes white
centered, sometimes only laterally outlined, in very dark specimens lost in the
broad bar from the t. p. line to costa. Secondaries soiled whitish in the male, to
slightly smoky in the female, fringes white. Beneath, the general shading of
the primaries is obscurely produced, the lighter shades with a yellowish tinge.
Secondaries white.
Expands 24-26 mm. =.96-1.05 inches.
Hab.— Texas; Argus Mts., Arizona, April.
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66 JOHN B. SMITH.
Tliree males and two females, all in fair condition. No two are
quite alike, yet all are so similar that their identity is without ques-
tion. The range of variation has been practically discussed in the
description, and consists chiefly in the relative amounts of white
and gray. The primaries are elongate and comparatively a little
narrowed. Secondaries with vein 5 nearly as strong as the others,
arising out of the median at the end of the cell ; 3 and 4 dividing
nearly half way to the outer margin.
.4coiitia gonella Strecker.
1898, Strck., Le]). Rhop. et. Het., Suppl. 1, p. 11, Acontia.
Head white and gray mottled. C!ollar white inferioily. Thorax else gray.
Abdomen dirty white or yellowish. Primaries, upper half of hasal space white,
lower half olivaceous gray or brown, the division not accurate, sometimes more
white, sometimes more gray. T. a. line in the form of a broad gray band, out-
wardly angulated at the middle, sometimes marked on the costa only, and then
the basal white is connected with the white of the median space. Median space
all white above the median vein, below that point, to the t. p. line, is a broad,
olive-green band. Beyond this band the s. t. space is gray filled, making alto-
gether a large subquadrate dark patch. T. p. line marked by an olivaceous gray
shade on the costa, thence by a broken gray shade outcurved over the cell, and an
incurved series of black luuules in the dark space below the reniform. An apical
olivaceous gray patch extends half way through s. t. space on costa and squarely
separated there from the white. S. t. line marked by a white costal dot, black
and blue powdered through the dark apical space, whitish and diffuse below the
middle. Between the dark quadrate patch resting on the inner margin, and the
dark apex, the space is irregularly mottled, and no two examples are alike.
There is a series of distinct black tei'minal spots. Fringes dark at apex and
sometimes at hind angle; interval more or less com()letely white or yellowish.
Orbicular a black or olivaceous discal spot, variably distinct. Reniform round
or oval, solid gray or outlined, with pale centre. Secondaries smoky, with whit-
ish base in the male, all smoky in the female. Fringes yellowish, with a smoky
interline. Beneath, primaries dusky on disc; costa yellow, cut with blackish at
outer third, pale along inner margin, fringes cut with yellow about middle and
before apex. Secondaries yellowish, with a smoky outer margin, fringes yel-
lowish. An oblique smoky bar outward from outer third of costa, changing to a
slender line parallel with outer dark band. A smoky discal lunule.
Expands 20-24 mm. = .80-96 inches.
H((b.—I'\u)einx, Arizona, April and August (Dr. Barnes); Ari-
zona; Hot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 ft. (Dr. Hulst) ; Las Vegas,
New Mexico (Cockerell, No. 800).
Four MKiles and two females, all diflerent. This species is similar
to sedata in tyj)e of maculation but much more white, and somewhat
larger. The division of the basal space into uj)per white and lower
gray portions is characteristic. The primaries are rather narrow
and elongate. Secondaries with 5 only a little weaker, from the
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median, at the lower angle of cell, 3 and 4 branching about one-
third to one-half beyond the end of the cell.
Acontia sedata Hy. Edwards.
1881, Hy. Edw., Papilio, i, 23, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, Acontia.
Head and thorax gray, a few white scales giving a somewhat mottled appear-
ance. Abdomen dull smoky. Primaries leaden gray, mottled with yellowish
white in the basal space. A quadrate white costal patch, in which is the distinct
black, punctiform orbicular. A smaller, white, also quadrate costal spot before
the apex. T. a. line geminate, gray, white filled, obscure, outwardly oblique, a
little outward tooth at its middle. A fragmentary blackish median shade is
traceable in the lower part of wing. T. p. line broken, very irregularly marked,
blackish opposite the cell, whitisii toward inner margin, where a somewhat
quadrate rusty brown patch fills the space between t. p. and s. t. lines. S. t. line
whitish, broken, very irregular, preceded by black scales which are unevenly
distributed. A series of black terminal marks. Reniform gray filled or only
outlined in gray. Fringes a little white mottled at the middle. Secondaries
smoky, fringes a very little paler. Beneath, costal region of primaries yellowish,
cut with smoky at apical third, else smoky. Secondaries, disc yellowish, with a
smoky outer border; at outer third of costa an oblique bar extends outwardly
nearly to the outer band, where it changes to a narrow, smoky line, running
parallel to the outer margtn. A smoky discal lunule.
Expands 20-23 mm. = .80-. 92 inches.
Hab. — Arizona; Texas.
Three female specimens only, none of them in the best possible
condition and all different. I have not seen many of these ; but one
of my examples is directly compared with the type. The primaries
are rather narrow. Secondaries have vein 5 decidedly weaker than
the other, from a spur at some distance from the median ; 3 and 4
separating about one-third from end of cell. Though so nearly re-
sembling gonella in type of maculation, especially on the under
side, the origin of vein 5 is remarkably dissimilar.
AvouHia nuicola n. sp.
Head, collar and disc of thorax dull gray; patagite white. Abdomen with a
yellowish tinge. Primaries yellowish white to the middle of the median space,
and beyond that whitish above the median vein to the middle of the s. t. space,
where it is abruptly and squarely terminated. The basal line is obscurely gray
marked. T. a. line marked by a broad, band-like patch on the costa to median
vein, then it suddenly becomes thi'ead like and runs inwardly oblique, a greater
or less distance toward the inner margin. T. p. line marked by an olivaceous
costal patch, which may or may not break up over the reniform, marked by
fragmentary black dots opposite the cell, deeply incurved and marked with
black interspaceal spots below the cell. Between the middle of the median
space and the s. t. line, and from the median vein to inner margin, is a dull gray
shading, whi(^h may extend obliquely through the s. t. space to the apex, or may
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68 JOHN B. SMITH.
be connected hy a gray niottlinj; merely. S. t. line wliite, broken, very irregu-
lar, more or less marked by black scales. A series of distinct, black, terminal
marks. Fringes mostly gray, cut with white at or a little below the middle.
Orbicular a small black dot. Reniform outlined in olivaceous, small, oval. Sec-
ondaries smoky, a little darker in the female. Beneath yellowisli. Primaries
darker outwardly, with a smoky discal spot, a partial outer band, which starts
obliquely outward from outer third of costa, and fringes alternately blackish and
yellowish. Secondaries with a smoky outer border, an oblique outward bar,
changing to a narrow line and a discal Innule smoky.
Expands 19-22 mm. = .76-.88 inches.
Hab. — Texas, without special locality; all from the Hulst col-
lection.
One male and two females ; none in good condition. The species
resembles gonella in general type of maculation ; but differs not
only in the white patagite, but in the course of vein 5 of the second-
aries, which is here moderate and well removed fi-oni the median
vein. From ^edata, with which it agrees in structure, it differs by
having much more white.
Aoontia lucasi n. sp.
Head, collar and patagiie white ; disc of thorax gray^Abdomen with a slightly
yellowish tinge. Primaries broadly white along the costal region to the middle
of the subterminal space, where it is squarely cut off. The gray shade does not
start quite at base in my single example, and I am a little in doubt whether this
is due to an imperfection or whether there is a specialized, oval, transparent area
below the median vein — I suspect the latter. From this point the gray shade
extends solidly to the s. t. line and to the apex. Violet scales are intermixed in
this darker portion of the wing. The t. p. line is brokenly marked by black
interspaceal dots and scales. S. t. line marked by black scales in the apical dark
region, then white, sinuate, cutting the terminal space and the fringe a little
below the middle, A series of small black terminal spots. Orbicular a small
gray excrescence from the dark into the white shade. Reniform an oval gray
spot also joined inferiorly to the gray shading. Secondaries white, diaphanous,
gray at apex and very narrowly so along outer border. Beneath, on primaries
the maculation of the upper side is less contrastingly reproduced: the dark
shades smoky, the lighter yellowish. Secondaries white.
Expands 26 mm. = 1.05 inches.
Hnb. — Cape San Lucas, California.
One male received from Dr. Behr who has others; collected by
Xantus de Be.sey. The species is interesting from all points, and
especially by the (probable) secondary sexual character on the pri-
maries. The white patagise in contrast to the gray disc should serve
to differentiate it from its allies. The primaries are trigonate, of
moderate length. Secondaries with vein 5 of moderate strength,
arising from a short spur fr(<m the cross-vein. Veins 3 and 4 fork
verv little beyond the end of the cell.
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Acontia biplaga Guenee.
1852, Gu., Spec. Gen., Noet., ii, 218, Acontia.
1857, Wlk.. Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii, 785, Acontia.
1868, G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 79, var. aprica.
1874, Grt., Bull. BuflF. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 36, var. aj>rica.
Head dark gray ; collar gray mottled ; thorax else white or creamy ; abdomen
white or a little yellowish. Primaries dark gray or blackish, basal space more or
less white mottled inferiorly, rarely almost all white, the t. a line then forming
an oblique gray shade line followed by white. Normally the t. a. line is broken,
white, often obsolete superiorly. A large, quadrate, costal white patch at about
the middle of the wing inclosing the small, round, black orbicular. A smaller,
also quadrate white patch at the inception of the reniform. T. p. line broken,
black below the costal white patch, very deeply incurved below the cell. S. t.
line incomplete, more or less white, preceded by irregular and sometimes promi-
nent black spots, rather regularly and strongly trisinuate. A broken black ter-
minal line. Fringes cut by a white patch at about the middle, but this is a
variable feature and may be altogether absent. Reniform obscure, oval, partly
outlined in black, in rare instances black filled. Secondaries white, becoming
smoky outwardly, more broadly so in the female, with a smoky discal lunule.
Beneath mainly white or yellowish, primaries blackish toward apex, relieving
the subapical patch of upper side. Secondaries white, with a more or less obvious
smoky outer border, a blackish discal mark and a black spot at apical third of
costal margin.
Expands 25-29 mm. = 1.00-1.15 inches.
Hab. — Anglesea, New Jersey, September 4th (Smith) ; Hazleton,
Pennsylvania, August (Dietz) ; Decatur, Illinois, July lst-7th
(Barnes) ; St. Louis, Missouri, October 31st (Riley) ; Poncha
Springs, Colorado, July 14th (Oslar) ; Florida; Round Mountain
( Hulst), Bastrop County (Meske), Texas.
Twelve examples representing both sexes. The localities above
given are repre.sentative, and the insect occurs throughout the re-
gion east of the Rocky Mountains and south of New York, becom-
ing more abundant in the West and Southwest.
The range of variation is not great and the species is, I doubt
not, perfectly distinct from aprica. In aprica a large part of the
median space is always white and the tendency is to darken the
basal space. In biplaga the median space is always dark, except
for the costal patches, and the tendency of variation is to lighten
the basal space.
The primaries are moderate, trigonate, the apex a little marked,
but scarcely pointed. Secondaries with vein 5 weaker than the
others, on a short sj)ur from the end of the cell. Veins 3 and 4
branch about one-third from the end of the cell.
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70 JOHN B. SMITH.
Acontia aprica Hbn.
1803, Hbn., Schmett. Eur., Noct., f. 371, Noctua.
1818, Hbn., Verzeichuiss, 261, Tarache.
1829, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., iii, 113, Acontia.
1852, Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 219, Acontia.
1857. Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii, 785, Acontia.
1868, H. Sch., Cuba, Corr.-Blatt, 1868, p. 10, Acontia.
1874, Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 212, Tarache.
1885, Gundlach, Cont. Ent. Cuba. 312, Acontia.
Head brown. Thorax and abdomen white or with a creamy tinge. Primaries
white to just before the t. p. line; a gray or brown shade band preceding that
line from the costa to the inner margin, though it may be broken just above the
reniform. As a rule this band across the costal region cuts off a large, quadrate,
white ante-apical spot. T. a. line marked by a blackish costal patch which rarely
becomes a half baud. Sometimes the basal space is gray mottled, and in one case
a washed-oui gray pervaded the entire space. T. p. line broken, black, deeply
incurved below the cell, followed by blue or violet scales, which partly fill the s.
t. space below the middle. Outwardly this space tends to become rusty brown
or deep crimson. S. t. line very irregular, broken, whitish, preceded by broken
black spots and followed in the narrow terminal space by shadings of brown,
luteous and violet. A broken black terminal line. Oi'bicular a small black dot,
sometimes hardly traceable. Secondaries white, with a mere trace of a smoky
outer shading. Beneath, primaries yellowish or a little tawny, outer and apical
region more or less smoky, the subapical white patch more yellowish. Second-
aries white, a small smoky mark at costal two-thirds, aud a small smoky discal
spot.
Expands 22-28 mm. = .88-1.12 inches.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pennsylvania, August (Dietz) ; Central Mis-
souri (Riley); Florida; New Mexico; Texas.
Has probably the same range as biplaga. Ten examples are
before me, repi'esenting both sexes. There is really not much
variation, and its general type has been referred to under the pre-
ceding species. '
Wing form aud venation are also practically like its ally, save
that the branching of 3 and 4 takes place further beyond the end
of the cell.
Acontia areli Streck.
1898, Strck., Lep. Het. et Het., Suppl. I, 11, Acontia.
Head chocolate-brown. Thorax white or creamy ; abdomen white, or with a
yellowish tinge. Primaries white or creamy to the middle of the median space,
the line of separation on the whole pai-allel with the t. a. line. Basal line gemi-
nate, gray, obscure. T. a. line geminate, gray or olivaceous, not prominent, out-
wardly lunate to the median vein, inwardly lunate below. Above the median
vein the gray-brown shading is not margined, below that vein it is edged with
blackisl), and in the submedian interspace, resting on the t. p. line, is an ovate
patch of metallic blue scales. At the inception of the t. p. line is a quadrate
white patch on the costa; below, the line is broken, black marked, deeply in-
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curved below the cell. S. t. space more or less brown and violet shaded and
mottled. S. t. line obscure, broken, yellowish, irregular, preceded by black
scales. Terminal space largely bluish or violet, except at apex where it is ocber-
ous brown. A row of black terminal lunules. The fringes are usually mottled
with brown, gray and violet, and may or may not be cut with a whitish or yel-
lowish shading at one-third from apex and at the same distance from hind angle.
Orbicular an incomplete black ring. Reniform round, of good size, black ringed,
metallic blue filled, centered by black. Secondaries soiled whitish or smoky, a
little darker along the outer margin. Beneath, primaries tawny, varying in
depth, the raaculation of upper side obscurely indicated ; secondaries whitish,
with an obscure dusky lunule, and a dusky costal patch one-third from apex.
Expands 24-30 mm. =^ .96-1.20 inches.
Hab. — Sauta Fe, New Mexico, July (Cockerell) ; Colorado ;
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, September (Barnes) ; Phoenix, Ari-
zona (Barnes); Terloot, California (Behr) ; Pasadena, California
(Smith).
Eight examples, representing both sexes. This species is well de-
fined and varies little in the series from widely separated localities
before me. The basal region has usually a yellowish or ocherous
tinge; but the costal, ante-apical spot is always white. The round,
large, blue filled reniform is further characteristic. The primaries
are a little narrower at base and therefore more triangular than in
aprica. Secondaries with vein 5 nearly as strong as the others,
variable in point of origin. It may come directly out of the median
at the end of the cell, or it may be on a short spur from the trans-
verse vein, no two specimens being exactly alike in this matter.
Veins 3 and 4 branch only a little beyond the end of the cell.
Acontia eraMtroides Guenee.
1B52, Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 218, Acontia.
1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii, 784, Acontia.
1868, G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 78, Tarache.
1881, Coquillet, Papilio, i, 8, larva.
1883, Coquillet, Papilio, iii, 84, larva on rag-weed.
Head brown ; thorax and abdomen creamy white. Primaries creamy white
from base to apex along costa and from base to median shade along the inner
margin. Basal line more or less clearly marked as a dull smoky spot on costa.
T. a. line smoky, single, outwardly oblique to the median vein, then nearly ver-
tical and narrowed to the hind margin. Median shade starting as a luteousmark
on costa, lost in the cell, but reappearing below it as a broad luteous brown baud
that reaches the t. p. line and forms the inner portion of the dark marking of
the wing. T. p. line luteous on the costa, broken below it, forming a black curve
well beyond reniform, then deeply incurved, black, more or less broken, some-
times a little diffuse, always rather prominent. The s. t. space is brown to the
costal region, more or less black marked before the s. t. line, often with a violet
shading. Terminal space pale luteous. S. t. line of the pale ground, irregularly
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72 JOHN B. SMITH.
sinuate, preceded by black scales and marks. A series of black teiiniiial marks,
sometimes forming a line broken on the veins. Orbicular a l)lack dot. Keniform
upright, ovate, very obscurely defined, partly lost in the olivaceous luteous siiad-
ing that extends through and beyond it to the t. p. line. Secondaries smoky,
paler at base and with a yellowish tinge. Beneath, primaries blackish or smoky
on disc, costal margin yellowish, otliers pale. Sec(»ndaries yellowish, with an
obscurely marked outer line.
Expands 17-21 mm. = .()8-.84 inches.
i/(/6.— Canada to Virginia, west to the Mississippi and beyond;
Iowa. June to September.
This, next to candefacta, is the contnion eastern species, easily dis-
tinguished by the brown head and by the abbreviated dark outer
markings. The primaries are pi'oportionately short and broad, the
apices and outer margin rounded. Secondaries with vein 5 weak,
well removed from the median, out of the cross- vein. Veins 3 and
4 branch about one-third beyond the end of the cell.
Aconlia qiiadriplaga n. sp.
Head and thorax white or a little creamy. Abdomen with a yellow tinge. Pri-
maries smoky or leaden gray. Basal space more or less whitish and gray mot-
tled ; the curved, geminate t. a. line being more or less defined through the lower
half of the wing. Two large, subquadrate white costal patches; one, a little
within the middle, the largest, the other occupying the inner half of s. t. space at
that point. Inferior half of median space more or less violet shaded and this
tint extends into the s. t. space. T. p. line very imperfect, marked by fragmen-
tary, black, iuterspaceal lines and dots. S. t. line slender, irregular, pale, more
or less intiomplete, usually preceded by carmine shadings. The upper half of
the wing often with a luteous or olivaceous tinge. Terniinal space unusually
narrow, partly violet and brown mottled. A broken, black terminal line. Fringes
gray, brown or violaceous, with or without a whitish shading at one-third from
hind angle. Orbicular wanting. Reuiform obscure, oval, laterally marked by
blackish crescents. Secondaries yellowish, paler in the males, with a narrow
dusky margin. Beneath yellowish, disc of primaries more or less blackish, the
apical and usually also the median costal spots of upper side indicated ; second-
aries practically immaculate.
Expands 20-24 mm. — .80-.96 inches.
Hab.— Rot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 feet alt. (Hulst); Ari-
zona ; Texas.
Eight examples, of which only one is a male. There is little
variation except in size and in the amount of pale basal shading.
It is })rol)able that this species has been confused with aprica and
bipluga, than which it has broader, shorter primaries, lacking all
trace of orbicular. The secondaries are distinctly yellowish, have
vein 5 a little weaker, arising from a short spur from the median,
and 3 and 4 branching only a short distance beyond the cell.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 73
Acoiitia schwarzii n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdonieu white. Primaries white and gray mottled in the
basal space; the t. a. line white, indented in the subniediau interspace, gray
margined. Beyond this the white shade extends below the median vein, to the
middle of the median space; above, it extends to the middle of the s. t. space
where it is abruptly and squarely cut off. A gray cloud, indicating the median
shade on the costa, tends to cut off a quadrate ante-apical patch. The inner por-
tion of the gray shading tends to brown, a rather feebly defined band indicating
the median shade. The s. t. line is traceable as a slender, irregularly denticu-
late blue line. Apex brown. S. t. line unusually close to the outer margin,
marked by a few black and white scales toward apex ; white and sinuate below
middle. Fringes white, interlined with black toward apex. Orbicular wanting.
Reniform an oval gray spot. Secondaries white, with a variably broad outer
margin, darker in the female. Beneath, primaries black, margins narrowly
white, fringes white. Secondaries white, with a narrow dark outer margin.
Expands 25-26 mm. = 1.00-1.05 inches.
Hah. — Catalina Spring, x^rizona, July 24th (E. A. Schwarz) ;
Phoenix, Arizona, January 15th (Dr. Griffith).
One male and one female are at hand and resemble each other
generally. The variation is in the amount of the gray shading in
the wings The primaries are moderate or rather broad. Sec-
ondaries with vein 5 weaker than the others, from a spur at the
end of the cell. Veins 3 and 4 branch just beyond the end of
the cell.
Acoiitia arida n. sp.
Head and thorax white or creamy ; abdomen a little yellow tinged. Primaries
white or creamy from base to near the middle of median space, then obliquely
curved toward costa to the middle of the median cell, thence outward, nearly
parallel with the costa to the middle of the s. t. space and there abruptly termi-
nating against the dark olivaceous apical space. The basal space is variably gray
clouded. T. a. line gray marked on the costa, then by an incurved yellow cres-
cent in the middle of the wing. The lower outer portion of median space, ex-
tending outward to s. t. line and curved upward toward apex, is leaden gray,
yellow or olivaceous shaded outwardly, the apex brown tinged. A broad gray
or olivaceous shade extends from costa above the reniform toward the gray por-
tion of the median space, cutting off, in whole or in part, a quadrate white patch
on the costa before the apex. T. p. line irregular, denticulate, blue, slender,
more or less obviously geminate. S. t. space more or less l)rown tinged. S. t.
line violet through apical patcii, yellow or whitish and broadening inferiorly,
inwardly and upwardly augulate opposite the hind angle so as to reach almost to
the end of the median vein. The usual series of black terminal dots or marks is
wanting, and there is a paler line not quite terminal. Fringes olivaceous or vio-
laceous at hind angle and at apical third, else whitish or yellowish. Orbicular
wanting. Reniform an obscure leaden gray, somewhat oval spot. Secondaries
in the male soiled white, a little darker outwardly ; in the female smoky, a little
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74 ■ JOHN B. SMITH.
paler toward baso. Beneath, primaries yellowish, with the niarkinjis of upper
side obscurely duplicated ; secondaries whitish, with a feeble discal lunule.
Expands 21-23 mm. = .84-. 92 inches.
Hah. — Gleuwood Springs, Colorado, June and July (Barnes) ;
Catalina Springs, Arizona, April 7th and 15th (Schwarz) ; Argus
Mountains, Arizona, April (Koebele).
Ten males and two females, mostly in good condition. There is
very little variation The amount of gray shading in the basal
space differs, and the ante apical white patch on the costa may or
may not be completely cut off; usually it is not. But these differ-
ences do not change the characteristic appearance of this, one of
the most distinct species in the genus.
The primaries are trigonate and rather short. Secondaries with
5 distinctly less developed than the others, from a shf>rt spur from
the median. Veins 8 and 4 vary in their point of furcation from
near the end of the cell to beyond one-third to the outer margin.
Acontia coqiiillettii n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen white, with a slight creamy tinge. Primaries
creamy white from base to near the t. p. line on inner margin, and almost to s. t.
line on the costa. T. a. line marked by geminate gray costal clouds and by a
gray blotch in the cell. Median shade marked by a gray costal blotch. T. p.
line obsolete, except through the dusky space below vein 3 and there whitish,
linear, denticulate. This dusky shade extends along the inner margin a little
before the t. p. line to the s. t. line, then upward, rather abruptly rounded off at
about vein 3. A yellow shading, a little re-inforced by a gray patch, connects
this through s. t. space with the dark apical patch. S. t. line narrow, thread like
and whitish through apical patch, where it is margined and emphasized by black
and metallic-blue scales, then lost in the pale terminal space. Terminal space
gray mottled. A gray, preceded by a yellowish terminal line. Fringes creamy
white, with a gray interline above the middle. Orbicular wanting* Reniform
a yellow, oval spot, which is not outlined and not relieved. Secondaries smoky
or blackish, with white fringes. Beneath, primaries blackish, with an ante-api-
cal yellowish blotch and whitish fringes. Secondaries whitish at base, blackish
exteriorly. An outer smoky line is indicated on the costa.
Expands 25 mm. = 1. inch.
Hab. — Los Angeles Co,, California (Coquillett).
A single female example only, lacking part of the abdomen.
The blackish secondaries and practical lack of the ordinary spots
make this an easily distinguishable form. The primaries are like
those of candefucta in form, and, indeed, resemble it in general
pattern of macuhition. Tiie .secondaries have vein 5 nearly as
strong as the others, arising from a spur from the median ; 3 and 4
branched at or verv little bevond the end of the cell.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 75
Acontia neocula n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen white, the latter sometimes with a yellowish tinge.
Primaries white from base to an outer, olivaceous gray shade, which begins just
within the t. p. line and is outwardly sinuate and narrowed to the costa just
within the s. t. line. This white space is unbroken, except for a gray costal
cloud at base and over the end of the cell, indicated in three of the eight ex-
amples before me. A vague yellowish shading indicates the reniform. There is
a quadrate yellowish or olivaceous patch beyond the cell, not very clearly
marked, invading the gray space for half its own width. T. p. line indicated as
an irregular, pale, slender line near the hind margin. S. t. line slender, white,
irregular, very clo.se to outer margin. Terminal space shaded with violaceous.
A gray, preceded by a pale, terminal line. Fringes white except at apex. Or-
bicular absent. Eenifoi'm traceable only as already stated. Secondaries white,
with a narrow, smoky, outer margin, running out at anal angle. Beneath, pri-
maries white basally, smoky over the dusky shading on the upper surface. Sec-
ondaries white.
Expands 19-2.5 mm. = .76-1.00 inches.
ffaft.— Hot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 ft. (Hulst) ; Texas.
Five males and three females, all very much alike. This is
usually confused with cretafa, and it is not impossible that it is a
form of that species only. The main distinctive characters are
smaller average size, much narrower outer dusky band and almost
entire absence of costal shading. The primaries are like those of
cretata. In the secondaries 3 and 4 fork at the end of the cell, 5 is
decidedly weaker than the others and arises from a spur from one-
fourth to one-third of the cell width from the median vein.
Acoutia cretata Grote and Robinson.
1868, G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iii, 181, pi. ii. f. 78, Tarache.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, Acontia.
Head, thorax and abdomen white, the latter sometimes with a yellowish tinge.
Primaries white from base to middle of median space, upcurved to the cell, form-
ing there a step or jog, above which the reniform is traceable, crossing the cell
space on the t. p. line, then again forming a step half way across s. t. space and
terminating squarely. The costal portion of basal space is gray mottled, reliev-
ing the t. a. line, which is traceable half way across the wing in all but two of
my specimens. Another gray cloud is at the inception of the median shade, and
this often extends .so as to almost meet the outer gray space. Sometimes the costa
is gray to the inception of the t. p. line. Orbicular wanting. Reniform indicated
in all examples by the notching of the outer dark space and in some specimens
traceable in gray. The median shade line is marked as a curved darker line
through the gray outer shading, and within this the shading is more olivaceous
or even yellowish. T. p. line slender, blue, very irregular and below the middle
with acute outward venular teeth. S. t. line very irregular, white, slender, at
the apex marked with metallic-blue scales; the apical space itself usually golden
brown tinged. Terminal space very narrow, more or less violaceous. A termi-
nal gray, preceded by a white line. Fringes mostly white, except toward apex.
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76 JOHN B. SMITH.
Secondaries white, witli an outer smoky niarjrin, which runs out at anal angle.
Beneath, i)riniaries smoky, tending; to yellowish at hase ; secondaries whitish.
Expands 21-26 mm. =.84-1.05 inches.
Hab. — Colorado; Bluff, Utah ; Texas in May.
Three males and seven females are at hand and I have seen
many others. The primaries are moderate in length, proj)ortionally
rather broad, trigonate. The secondaries are as in neocula as to
venation.
The general range of variation has been fairly stated in the de-
scription, and it consists chiefly in the amount of gray shading
along the costal region toward base. We have in this species a
decided indication of the reniform spot, and in the square termina-
tion of the white space on the costa, a decided tendency toward a
square suba{)ical patch, which is further intensified by the gray
shading from costa, which, in one example, all but cuts off such a
spot.
Acontia behrii n. sp.
Head and thorax white; ahdomen with a slightly yellowish tings. Primaries
white from base to the middle on the inner margin to a brown shade, which is
sharply defined and extends obliquely outward to the outer median vein, is there
squarely upright to the upper angle of cell, and then forms an abrupt step whi('h
extends nearly to the s. t. line. The white shade here forms an outward tooth,
and is then oblique to the costa at middle of s. t. space. Basal line indicated by
geminate gray costal clouds. T. a. line geminate, gray, complete in the specimen
before me. A gray cloud indicates the beginning of the t. p. line. The outer
dusky shade is mostly dull brown to the s. t. line. The median shade line is
blackish and extends from vein 3 to the iuner margin. S. t. line a slender, zig-
zaged blue line, partly preceded and partly followed by a darker, umber-brown
shade. A black dot follows it opposite the hind angle. Terminal space mostly
blue, white from a little over middle to near the inner angle. S. t. line irregular,
narrow, incomplete, whitish. Fringes steel-gray or bluish at apex and inner
angle, else whitish. A slender, broken, black terminal liiie. Neither orbioilar
nor reniform marked in the specimen. Secondaries white, with a bluish reflec-
tion and a smoky outer margin, widest at apex. Beneath, primaries smoky,
tawny toward base and along costa; secondaries white.
Expands 25 mm. = 1. inch.
Hab. — California.
A single nuile example given me by Dr. Belir wlio had others.
I do not recollect, if I was told, from what especial region this
came. At ail events the species is a very good one, differing from
its immediate allies in the much sharper niaculation, which is not
smootii or glossy gray and is without olivaceous shading.
The primaries are a little broader than in cretata and compara-
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 77
tively shorter. In the secondaries the venation is like cretata, save
that vein 5 is a little neai-er the branching of 3 and 4, which is at
the end of the cell.
Acontia elegantiila Harvey.
1876, Harv., Can. Ent., viii, 5.5, Thalpochares.
1880, Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 58, Thalpochares.
1882, Grt., New List, 37, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, Acontia.
semiopaca Grote.
1878, Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 182, Tarache.
1882, Grt., New List, 37, pr. syn.
arizonse Hy. Edwards.
1878, Hy. Edw., Pacific Coast Lep., No. 29, 7, Thalpochares.
1880, Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 58, Thalpochares.
1882, Grt., New List, 37, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, Acontia.
seminivealis Hulst.
1886, Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xiii, 1.57, Orobsena.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, pr. syn.
Head, thorax and abdomen white or creamy. Primaries white or creamy from
base to the upright luteons brown median shade, and beyond the wing is luteous,
varying to gray. S. t. line marked by a pale cloud on the costa and more or less
obscurely traceable as a sinuate, broken pale line. S. t. line whitish, a little sinu-
ate, rarely complete, sometimes marked only at the costa and on inner margin.
A series of small terminal lunules. Orbicular wanting. Reniform round, gray,
narrowly annulate with pale. Secondaries white or nearly so, iridescent, a little
smoky outwardly. Beneath, primaries yellowish, outer half a little darker;
secondaries white.
Expands 17-22 mm. = .68-.88 inches.
Hab. — Montana, June ; Nevada ; Colorado ; Phoenix, Arizona,
March 12th (Griffith); Argus Mountains, April (Koebele) ; Hot
Springs, New Mexico, 7000 ft. (Hulst) ; California.
Three males and nine females before me. The species ranges
considerably in size, and it is the smaller form that Edwards con-
sidered as distinct under the name arizonce. This is also the same
as Hulst's seminivealis.
Aside from this, there is not very much I'eal variation. The
outer darker space differs a little in ground color, and the t. p. and
s, t. Hnes ai"e more or less incomplete ; but none of these affects the
general appearance of the species.
As a matter of fact this species is better referred to Thalpochares,
because, in all the specimens examined, the acces.sory cell of prima-
ries is wanting. Of course, this occurs — exceptionally — in other
species, but it seems here to be the rule. As Mr. Grote has referred
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78 JOHN B. SMITH.
it to Acontia, and as it really resembles these species closely, it may
be left here for the present until a generic revision of the whole
group is made. The secondaries have 5 very weak, scarcely more
than a fold, from the cross-vein near the middle of cell, 3 and 4
together out of the median at the end of the cell.
Acontia virgiiialiK Grote.
1881. Grt., ("ail. Ent., xiii, 151, var. binocula.
1881, Grt., Papilio, i, 155, ? var. binocula.
Head and t)iorax white ; abdomen with a faint yellowish tinge. Primarie.s
ci'eamy white, except for a yellow median shade hand and a yellow and .smoky
band curved from outer third of inner margin to the apex. The yellow median
band is at almost the middle of the wing, tends to become darker inferiorly and
forms the inner margin of the dusky shading. This fills the space to the t. p.
line, curving up to aud beyond the reniform, then extended as a more yellow
cloud to the gray apex. Above the reniform the costa is creamy, but tends to
yellow cloudings. At apex there is a gray shade, through which the pale s. t.
line becomes visible ; toward middle the s t. and terminal spaces become creamy,
with a variably deep yellow tinge. A series of very small black terminal dots.
Fringes whitish except at apex. Orbicular wanting. Eeniform round, leaden
gray, annulate with white. Secondaries white, with a smoky outer border, lost
before reaching the anal angle. Beneath, primaries smoky on disc, costal mar-
gin yellowish, fringes and inner margin white. Secondaries white.
Expands 23-25 mm. = .92-1.00 inches.
Hah. — Denver, Colorado; Arizona.
Two males and two females. Except for a little difference in the
intensity of the yellow or gray shading there is no variation. The
gray tends to disappear, leaving the yellow dominant, and alto-
gether this is the palest species of its type. It was originally de-
scribed as a variety of binocula, but later in the same year Mr.
Grote suggested the question : " Is it a variety? ". From the mate-
rial at hand I think it is a good species, distinguished from binocula
as noted in the synoptic table and elsewhere.
The secondaries have vein 5 very weak, from the cross-vein well
toward its middle. It is a typical 3-fid. The median forks into 3
and 4 well beyond the end of the cell.
Acontia binocula Grote.
1875, Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 224, Tarnche.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 300, Acontia.
Head thorax and abdomen white, the latter often with a yellowish tinge. Pri-
maries white or creamy to a broad yellow or olivaceous median baud, which,
from the middle of the cell, forms the anterior border of a gray shade, which fills
all the space below the reniform to the s. t. line aud is continued beyond reniform
obliquely to the apex. Terminal space usually white shaded below the apical
region, but there is always a gray underlay which sometimes darkens it to the
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 79
margin. A series of black terminal dots. Fringes white or gray. Tlie t. p. line
is usually traceable by pale scales and by a leaden or violet gray shading which
forms the middle of the dark space toward the inner margin. Orbicular want-
ing. Keniform round or nearly so, gray, annulate with pale. Secondaries white,
with a narrow smoky outer border, which is lost before reaching the inner angle.
Beneath, primaries smoky, yellowish along the costal edge, white on fringes and
along inner margin. Secondaries white.
Expands 18-27 mm. := .72-1.08 inches.
ifa6.— Texas in May ; Arizona; Colorado, June 28th (Wheeler
Survey); Poncha Springs, Colorado, July 14th (Oslar) ; Black
Hills, Montana (Hulst); Kansas in July.
Two males and five females. Though my largest example ex-
ceeds any virginalis before me, yet the latter is, on the whole, the
larger species and looks it. Biuocula is much darker as a whole
and lacks the distinctive yellow appearance of virginalis. Smaller
examples are much like candefacta, save that they always lack the
orbicular.
In venation the secondaries are like virginalis, save that 3 and 4
branch further beyond the cell.
Acuiitia nieskei n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen creamy white. Primaries creamy white to the
middle of wing along inner margin and above the median vein nearly to the s.
t. line. Basal line marked on the costa. T. a. line marked by a black costal
patch, else lost. The t. p. line also begins on a larger or smaller dark costal patch,
is a broken upright blackish line far beyond cell, and a series of upright inter-
spaceal black marks below the reniform to the inner margin. Median shade
marked by a brown band just before the t. p. line below the median vein. Be-
yond this portion of the t. p. line is a violet shade to the s. t. line. S. t. line
creamy, irregular, broken, preceded by golden brown shades, and in the apical
region by black spots. Terminal space broken, with brown, creamy and violet
shadings. A broken blackish terminal line. Orbicular a small black dot. Eeni-
form obscurely indicated only by scattered brown scales. Secondaries with a
yellowish tinge, a little smoky outwardly. Beneath, primaries yellowish, with a
dusky discal spot, and augulated. broken exterior line, a dark apex and smoky
blocked fringes. Secondaries yellowish, with a dusky discal mark, a smoky patch
on the costa giving rise to a slender line, which gets less than half way across the
wing, and a narrow blackish outer border.
Expands 20-22 mm. = .80-.88 inches.
Hab. — Texas.
Two males from the old Meske collection, probably taken by
Boll. The species is quite characteristic and not easily confused
with any of its allies. The primaries are rather narrow for their
length, a little subparallel. The secondaries have vein 5 weak,
from the cross-vein at some distance from the median ; 3 and 4
branch well beyond the end of the cell.
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80 JOHN B. SMITH.
Acoiitia tenuicola Morrison.
1874, Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 218, Tarache.
1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 299, Acontia.
Head and thorax white or creamy. Abdomen a little gray, with narrow white
ring;s faintly indicated in the female. Primaries white at base, above the median
vein extending to the s. t. line; below the vein extending to the middle of the
median space in the male to the t. a. line only in the female. Basal line indicated
on costa. T. a. line marked on the costa, and in the female defined below the
median vein by the gray portion of the wing, in the male the line is more or less
indicated by gray shadings. Basal space otherwise also gray clouded in some
examples. Outer part of wing luteous brown in the median space, more or less
violaceous in the s. t. space ; luteous brown in the terminal space. Median .shade
marked on the costa and again below median vein, where in the male it forms
the inner border of the dark part of the wing. T. p. line dusky on the costa,
then whitish, narrow, irregular, often in great part obsolete. S. t. line whitish,
irregularly sinuated and toothed, preceded by brown shadings below the apex
and again at about the middle. Terminal space brown. A series of small black
terminal lunules. Fringes brown, cut with white at the middle. Orbicular a
black dot, always distinct in the female, tending to disappear in the male. Eeni-
form small, I'ouiid, a black or brown ring, white or yellow center. Secondaries
white in the male, with a narrow smoky outer border. Yellowish in the female,
with a much broader smoky outer shading. Beneath, primaries blackish, with
a yellowish streak in the cell, and a subapical mark on costa. Secondaries whit-
ish, with a narrow smoky outer border and a smoky spot on costa toward apex.
Expands 17-20 mm. = .68-.80 inches.
Uab. — Texas in April ; Hot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 feet
(Hulst) ; Las Cruces, New Mexico, May 8th (Townsend).
Four males and eight females, the difference in maculation con-
stant between the sexes. In all the females the dark shade begins
at the t. a. line below the cell ; in none of the males does it begin
before the median shade. In the niales the orbicular becomes much
reduced, and in two examples is entirely wanting.
As for the rest, the variation is chiefly in the amount of gray
shading in the basal space and along the costa. There is also a
difl^erence in the s. t. and terminal spaces, which tends to become
mottled.
The primaries are a little narrower than usual, tending to sub-
parallel. Secondaries with 5 weak, well removed from the median,
out of the cross vein, a real trifid ; 8 and 4 branch well beyond the
end of the cell.
Acontia libedis n. sp.
Head and thorax creamy white; abdomen white or faintly yellow tinged.
Primaries yellowish or creamy, the terminal space mostly gray, a large quadrate
gray and brown patch a little beyond the middle on the inner margin. This
patch extends from the median shade to the t. p. line, and from the inner mar-
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 81
gill to the median vein. Basal line feebly indicated on the costa. T. a. line
olive-gray or luteous, outcurved or angulated, single, usually complete and some-
times a little expanded on the inner margin. The basal space may be more or
less gray clouded. Median shade line luteous or olivaceous on costa, outwardly
oblique to the median vein, there angulated and inward to inner margin within
the middle, there brown or black, edging the dusky patch already limited. Be-
yond this shade the wing in one specimen is all obscured with olivaceous. T. p.
line luteous, narrow, single, outcurved over the cell, rather evenly incurved
below. Preceding this line the quadrate patch on inner margin tends to a violet
shading. The s. t. space is shaded with luteous or olivaceous. S. t. line pale,
irregular, close to outer margin an outward tooth cutting the terminal space
below the apex. A broken black terminal line preceded by a paler line. Fringes
gray or brown, cut with yellowish at apex and about middle. Orbicular a small
black dot. Reniform moderate in size, a gray or brown ring with a pale centre.
Secondaries white or with a faint smoky tinge, and with a very narrow outer
border. Beneath, primaries yellowish, with disc more or less smoky ; secondaries
white or faintly yellow tinged, immaculate.
Expands 18-21 mm. = .72-.84 inches.
i/a6.— Denver, Colorado, August 11th (Oslar); Hot Springs,
New Mexico, 7000 ft. (Hulst) ; Texas in April.
Five males and three females. Of these, one pair from Colorado
is fresh and in good condition ; the others ai'e flown and more or less
imperfect, so that I hesitated at first to consider them identical.
There is no reasonable doubt, however, though it may be that Texan
examples are on the whole a little paler than those from Colorado.
The single New Mexican example is intermediate. The variation
is in the intensity of the dusky shading, and fresh examples will
probably seem darker because the dark scales overlay the yellow or
creamy base.
The primaries are rather narrow and elongate, subparallel. In the
secondaries, vein 5 is scarcely more than a mere fold, from the cross-
vein well removed from the median. It is therefore a good trifid.
Veins 3 and 4 do not separate until near or even beyond the middle
of their course.
Aconlia neoinexioaiia n. sp.
Head and thorax white. Primaries creamy white, broken mainly by a gray
shade curving from inner margin beyond the middle to the apex, interrupted
above the cell. A yellow t. a. line is faintly indicated. Median shade yellow,
outwardly oblique from the costa to the median vein, there bent and inwardly
oblique to the inner margin, forming the inner border of the gray shade. This
shade on the inner margin extends to the s. t. line, but narrows until, just l)el()W
the reniform, it does not extend beyond the t. p. line. Beyond the reniform is a
gray and yellow patch marking the t. p. line, and beyond this a paler gray shade
extends to the apex. T. p. line through the dark portion is narrow, irregular,
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82 JOHN B. SMITH.
violaceous, a tint whicli obtains also in tlie lower i)ortion of s. t. space. Ren)ain-
der of s. t. space yellow tinged, except at apex. S. t. line whitish, quite broad,
irregular. Terminal space pale gray. A series of black terminal dots. Orbicu.
larasmall black dot. Reniform round, gray, pale centered. Secondaries white,
with a narrow smoky outer border. Beneath, primai'ies smoky, overlaid by yel-
low, glistening; secondaries white, broadly yellow along co.stal margin.
Expands 20 mm. ^ .80 inches.
Hah. — Texas, July 23rd (Belfrage).
A single male only. The species looks like a much reduced
virginalis with an orbicular dot. It also resemble lihedis, but the
dark shading is not so abruptly cut, and though interrupted it ex-
tends to the apex. Primaries a little narrower than candefacta,
than which species this is much paler. Secondaries with vein 5
weak, from the cross- vein well removed from the median. Veins 3
and 4 branch at about one third beyond the cell.
.4eoiitia oaiidefiK^ta Hubner.
l.S2:j, Hbn., Zutraege, iii, ff, 587, 588, Tnrache.
1852, Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 216, Acontia.
1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii. 784, Acontia.
1880, Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 118, Tarache.
1883, Coquillett. Papilio, iii, 84, larva.
debilis Wlk.
1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii, 786, Acontia.
1868, G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 78, pr. syn.
Head, thorax and abdomen white or with a creamy tint. Primaries white or
creamy to the median shade, beyond which the wing is mostly leaden gray,
varied with yellow or olivaceous. There is a leaden gray spot on the cell near
the base, which may be absent or may expand into a shading that clouds most of
the basal space. T. a. line usually marked on the costa by a gray spot, sometimes
forming an outcurved baud across the wing, more usually defined below the cell
only. Median shade band-like, oblique from costa to the median vein, there bent
or curved inwardly to form the inner margin of the gray outer portion. In color
it is yellow, luteous, olivaceous oi- gray, and it is rarely complete across the cell.
It may be only a costal patch, and between that aud a complete bar all inter-
grades occur. The dark space on the inner margin extends from median shade to
subterminal line usually includes the reniform and curves beyond it to the apex,
the s. t. space being all gray. T. p. line very irregular, bluish, slender, often
wanting, sometimes merged into a bluish shading. S. t. line whitish, broad,
prominent, irregular, cutting the terminal space below the apex. Terminal space
narrow, largely white or white mottled, except at apex. A series of black, some-
what lunate terminal spots. Fringes long, visually gray, generally cut with white
at or a little below the middle. Orbicular a small black dot, oecasionall3' obsolete
in the male. Reniform moderate in size, solid gray, annulate with whitisli.
Secondaries soiled whitish to smoky, darker outwardly, fringes white. Beneath,
primaries smoky or blackish, the margins paler; secondaries whitish.
Expands 18-21 mm. = .72-.84 inches.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 83
Hab. — United States and Canada east of the Kooky Mountains,
taken from May to Septembex' in the northern part of its range,
March and April in Texas and Florida.
Walker cites in the synonymy Phytometra minuta Haw., Lep.
Britt., 265, with what justice I do not know.
This species is by all odds the most common representative of the
genus as well as the most widely distributed. In the large series
before me little real variation occurs. The contrasts may be all
sharply defined, there may be a black shade in the darker part of
the wing, or everything may. run toward olivaceous or yellowish.
Yet the characteristic appearance of the species is not changed.
The primaries are moderate in length, trigonate, the apices well
marked. In the secondaries vein 5 is weak, and from the cross-vein
well removed from the median. Veins 3 and 4 separate at varying
distances beyond the cell, averaging about one- third of the way to
outer margin.
Acontia ar<loris Huhner.
1823, Hbn., Ziitraeofe, Saranil. Ex. Schmett., iii, 34, ff. 551, 552, Tarache.
1852, Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 216, Avonfia.
1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus , Het., xii, 758, Acontia.
1880, Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 118, Tarache, ? an American.
Size and appearance of candefacta, of which it is a near neighbor. Primaries
of a yellowish white, with a basal spot, a subterminal half line and the middle
below the cell leaden gray. The latter space traversed by undulated deeper lines
and surmounted by a yellow or olive tint that forms a band anteriorly, and cir-
cumscribes a semicircular costal space of the ground color, in which are two black
punctiform spots, of which the first is often the only one visible. At the apex
this shade is tinted with red-brown. Fringe white above, leaden inferiorly. Sec-
ondaries yellowish white, uniform, similar in both sexes. Beneath, primaries
tinged with reddish, the marks showing through.
The above is a free translation of Guenee's description of South
American examples, and he remarks that he has not seen Georgian
specimens.
I saw these examples at Paris and noted them as having the
maculation of candefacta, l)ut a darker color and narrower wings.
LIST OF THE SPECIES.
TORXACONTIA Smith.
T. sutrix Grt.
T. megocula Smith.
C05JAC0MTIA Smith.
C. flavicosta i^7nith.
C. angustipennis Grt.
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84
JOHN B. SMITH.
A. terniinimaculata Grt.
A. delecta Wlk.
metallica Grt.
A. flavipennis Grt.
A. abdominalis Grt.
A. lactipennis Hnrv.
A. major Smith.
A. expolita Grt.
A. lanceolata Grt.
A. gonella Strck.
A. sedata H;/. Edw.
A. nuicola Smith.
A. lucasi Smith.
A. biplaga Gn.
A. aprica Gm.
A. areli Strck.
A. erastroides (?».
A. quadriplaga Smith.
A. schwarzii Smith.
ACOXTIA Oclis.
A. arida Smith.
A. c'oquillettii Smith.
A. iieoctila Smith.
A. cretata G. and R.
A. bebrii Smith.
A. elegantula //art).
semiopaca Grt.
arizonse Hy. Edw.
seminifealis Hulst.
A. virginalis Gr^
A. biuocula Grt.
A. meskei Smith.
A. tenuicola Morr.
A ■ libedis Smith.
A. ueoniexicana Smith.
A. candefacta Hbn.
dehilin Wlk.
A. ardoris Hbn.
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA.
]«OTES ON MEXICAN OKTHOPTERA,
WITH DE$>iCKIFTIO]VS OF x\EW SPECIES.
BY JAMES A. G. REHN.
The following notes are the results of the study of a collection of
Mexican Orthoptera collected by Mr. Otis W. Barrett, of Tacubaya,
Mexico. All the material was collected rather recently, and repre
seuted localities in the states of Guerrero, Vera Cruz, Morelos,
Tamaulipas and the Federal District of Mexico (D. F.). Material
for comparison is rather scarce, and all the forms described as new
show differences which markedly distinguish them from the descrip-
tions or plates of their nearest allies. The number of specimens is
one hundred, of about thirty-nine species. The types are in the
private collection of the writer.
Mr. August Busck, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
rendered the writer assistance on several occasions, for which I
desire to express my earnest thanks.
Family FORFICULIDiE.
Apterygida tieiiiata Dohru.
1862; Forficula tseiiiata Dohrii., Stett. Eiit. Zeit., xxiii, p. 230.
One female ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Family BLATTID^.
Honioeogaiiiia iiiexicana Burmeister.
1S39, Homoeogamia mexicana Burmeister, Haodb., ii, p. 490.
One specimen ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii, $.
Family MANTID^.
Stagnioinanti$« liinbata Hahn.
1835, Mantis limbata Hahr, Icones ad Mon. Cimic, i, t. A. f. 2.
One female; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi, 1899.
This specimen is colored similar to the one described by Burmeis-
ter (Handb., ii, p. 532) as Mantis viridimargo, which is considered
by Saussure and Zehntner a synonym of the above.
Vates aniierteiis n. sp.
Types: $ and 9; Tacubaya, D. F., x, xi, 18'J9.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. SEPTEMBKR, 1900.
86 JAMES A. G. REHN.
These specimens belong to a species which might be regarded as
an intermediate between tolteca a,\\di paraensis, combining characters
of both, with some peculiarly its own.
It differs from both in the greater width across the coxal lobes;
from tolteca in the comparative narrowness of the median and poste-
rior sections of the prothorax, in the form and arrangement of the
foliaceous lobes of the second and third femora and tibise, and in
the general greenish color of the elytra ; from paraensis ( 9 ) in the
form of the elytra (thus agreeing with tolteca), in the comparatively
small size of the frontal processes (like tolteca) and the reduced size
of the spines on the prothorax.
%. — Form rather slender and graceful. Frontal processes rather short, de-
cidedly conical. Antennae pectinate. Prouotura slender, the shaft reniarkahly
so and triangular in section; the collar rather broad, coxal lohes decidedly so;
the shaft sharply keeled, obscurely sulcate, moderately spined. Elytra long and
narrow, marginal field moderately developed anteriorly. Median femora and
tibiae with the foliaceous lobes developed, one on tlie femora posteriorly, two on
the tibiae (anteriorly and posteriorly), those on the femora very angular. Poste-
rior femora each with a trace of an anterior lobe, the posterior one somewhat
rounded ; tibiae with an elongated lobe on the external margin. General color
of head, pronotuni and limbs blackish brown ; the anterior pair of limbs dusted
with ashy, median and posterior pair each with a single baud of ochre. Beneath
light brownish ; the inner side of the anterior femora pale yellowish. Abdomen
rich glossy t)lackish brown, with marginal patches of ochraceons. Elytra gi'een-
ish ; the marginal field almost opaque, the color rich ; discoidal field semi-hyaline,
the color faint, with a large central brownish blotch flanked anteriorly and pos-
teriorly by two smaller ones, besides a few irregular spots scattered near the tip.
Wings hyaline, infuscated at the tip with a few small irregular blotches .scattered
over the anterior portion.
9 • — Form moderately heavy. Frontal processes as in the male. Pronotuni as
in the male, but with a greater width to the shaft. Elytra with the marginal
field sharpljf rounded, making it only three-fourths the length of the discoidal
area. Abdomen depressed. Posterior femora with the anterior lobe much elon-
gated, having a length of about four millimeters. General color of the head,
pronotum and limbs soiled sienna. Head and pronotuni lined and shaded with
umber. Elytra opaque pea-green, richest on the marginal area, the discoidal with
two large blotches of reddish brown, several small spots of the same irregularly
scattered over the posterior portion : the internal fold of the posterior margin
blackish brown. Wings smoked with blackish purple, the cross-veins white;
tips of the wings tinged with sepia; the anterior border ochraceous. Abdomen
glossy brownish black ; below dull black, with the tip oi'ange. Femora and tibiae
banded with clear ochraceous, richest on the anterior pair of limbs, rather ob-
scure on the posterior pair.
Measueement.s : % 9
Total length 58 mm. 56 mm.
Pronotuni 21 mm. 21 mm.
Elvtra 52 mm. 32 mm.
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. O/
In 1838 the genus Vates was described by Burmeister (Haiidb., ii,
Bd., ii, Abth., p. 543). The type of this genus, as mentioned by
Saussure and Zehutuer is Vates cnernidotus Burmeister, which is a
synonym of Mantis subfoliata Stoll. In 1839 the genus Theodytes
was described by Serville (Orth., p. 151), and he placed three spe-
cies under it, the first one (which was the only one he was positive
belonged there) being foliata Lichtenstein. This name is a direct
synonym of subfoliata Stoll, as Lichtenstein refers to the hitter's
plate and figure, apparently ignorant of the fact that a name had
been based on the same. Accordingly, Theodytes is a direct syno-
nym of Vates.
Family PHASMID^.
Bacteria tridens Burmeister.
1839, Bacteria tridens Burmeister, Handb. d. Eut.. ii, p. 567.
Three specimens; two males, Cuernavaca, Morelos, ix, 1898,
Iguala, Guerrero, ix, 1898; one female, Cuernavaca, Morelos, ix,
1898.
The males are perfectly typical specimens exhibiting the specific
characters to perfection. Westwood (Cat. Phasm., p. 27) states
that he received a female with a male of this species which he de-
scribed, and he asserts it was very similar to the female of B. striata,
which I doubt, as the female of that species never has the head and
thorax granulate.* The distinctive features of species of this group
are generally more pronounced in the female, and the males of
tridens have very appreciable granulations on the dorsal surface.
A short description of the female in the collection might not
be out of place.
Head and thorax rather coarsely granulate, resolving into four parallel lines
on the posterior part of the head. Abdomen with tip attenuate, the whole stri-
ate, five lines being visible from above, the central one becoming obsolete on the
fifth segment. Anterior femora with dorsal, ventral and lateral ridges very well
developed for a space of about two-thirds the entire length. Antennae reaching
to the second abdominal segment, possibly further, as they appear slightly
damaged.
Length body "1 mm.
Length anterior femora 18 mm.
Length mesothorax 16 mm.
Length metathorax 12 mm.
* To my mind Westwood's female tridens was simply a specimen of striata col-
lected at the same time as his male tridens.
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OO JAMES A. G. REHN.
Fumily GRYLLID^E.
<Ecaiithii!« iiiveiis De Geer.
1773, (irjillus niveus De Geer, Mem. Ins., iii, p. 522, t. 43, f. 6.
Two specimens; both females, Cuermivaca, Morelos, vi.
Family LOCUSTIDiE.
Steno|>eliiiatii$« talpa Bumieister.
1839, Stenopelmatiis tnJpa Biirnieister, Handh. d. Eiit., ii, p. 721.
One specimen ; female, Tacuhaya, D. P., x.
nichopetala iiie.'Kicana Bninuer.
187S, Dirhupetelu mexiaiiin Briimu'r. Monofr. der Plianeropt., p. 77.
One specimen ; female, Rio Cocula, Guerrero, o-12-'98.
SciKlderia inexicaiia Saussure.
1861, Phaneroptera mexicaiia Saussure, Rev. et Mag. Zool. {2\ xiii, p. 129.
Two specimens; both females, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 9-ll-'98,
Rio (yociila, Guerrero, xi, '98.
These specimens are rather doubtfully referred to this species, as
females of this genus are rather iuird to determine without accom-
panying males.
l*liri.Ya iiasiita Stal.
1874, Phrixa nasntn Stal, Receiisio Orthopteroriiiu. ii, p. 36.
One male ; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi.
This exhibits the development of the vertex, and the form of the
cerci also agrees closely with Brunner's generic diagnosis of those
parts of the male.
Stilpnoclilora azteea Saussure.
1859, Phylloptcra azteca Saussure. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (2), xi, p. 203.
Five specimens; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, iv, v, vi. Four females, one
male.
The measurements of them are as follows:
Total length (bead to end of wing). Hind tibia.
% 77 mm. 39 mm.
9 86 mm. 40 mm.
9 92 mm. 40 mm.
9 91 mm. 39 mm.
9 89 mm. 41 mm.
<'oiioceplialuK liel>e»« Scudder.
1879, C'anocephalus hebes Scudder. Proc. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist., xx, j). 92.
One specimen ; male, (\iernavaca, iMorelos, vi.
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. 89
This name was doubtfully placed under obscurellm Redtenhacher
by Saussure, but why is not plain, as my Mexican specimen perfectly
agrees with the description of Scudder's hebes.
Xiphidiuin ictiiin Scuddei'.
1875, Xiphidium ictum Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, p. 461.
One specimen ; male, Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
This specimen agrees very well with Scudder's description, except
the frontal constriction of the vertex is more decided than in the
specimens he described.
Capnobotes iiiiperfectus n. sp.
Types: three males, Rio Cocula, Guerrero, xii, 1898.
This species differs from all the known representatives of the
genus in the abbreviated elytra, and in the processes of the meso
and metasternum being decidedly spinous. The nearest ally that I
can see is fuliginosus Thomas, but it differs decidedly from that,
probably representing a new subgenus.
Size niediura ; vertex full and swollen ; eyes round and somewhat prominent;
frontal process moderately produced, sulcate ; antennae over twice as long as the
body. Pronotum abruptly elevated posteriorly, the anterior border slightly so,
the outline viewed laterally being rather saddle shaped : anterior and posterior
margins almost straight, slightly indented centrally; lateral lobes fairly deep
anteriorly, deepest on the line of the anterior coxse, thence broadly trimmed to
the posterior margin ; lateral and median carinas faintly marked posteriorly.
Elytra reaching only to the fifth abdominal segment, broadly rounded, lateral
portion sharply deflected. Processes of the meso and metasternum nearly as com-
pletely spinous as those of the prosternum. Anterior femora inferiorly with two
rows of rather obsolete spines; tibite with six large spines. Median femora the
same; tibiae with four rows of spines, the superior ones imperfect and irregular.
Posterior femora very smooth, two rows of rather obsolete spines inferiorly;
tibiae al)ove smooth anteriorly, from the median section commence- two rows of
spines which increase in numbers to the extremity, above with two rows of spines
complete, except a small section anteriorly. Male appendages somewhat similar
to faliginosus, but the superanal plate is by no means so produced, the cerci being
;fully exposed, the latter much the same as in the above, but the subterminal spine
very much hooked. Subgenital plate as in fuliginosus, oue specimen showing the
cylindrical appendages well developed, while they are absent in another.
Head and pronotum dull lemon-yellow, washed above with wood-brt)wn
(faintly iu one individual), lightest below. Antennae wood-brown. A dull, dark
brownish line is continued back of the eye on the superior portion of the lateral
lobes of the pronotum. Central portion of the pronotum marked with four
rather regular blotches of blackish ; the sloping lateral margin with a broad band
of white. Elytra green, external border lightest, darkest centrally. Abdomen
rich wood-brown, scrumbled with dull ochre, beneath pale yellowish. Femora
pale yellowish green, the posterior part infuscated in several specimens; ex-
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90 JAMES A. G. REHN.
treniities black in the posterior pair. Tibise the same, washed above with a dull
purplish brown. Tarsi blackish.
Measurements of one individual :
Total length . . -^l mm. (abdomen somewhat cramped).
Prouotum . . 5 '"
Elytra . . . 8.5"
Posterior femora . 19 "
Posterior tibia 22.5 "
Antennae (approximate) 50 "
While working upon the above described species of Caj))iobotes,
I had occasion to examine the name Orchedicus Saussure, 1859,
wiiich I have found to be preoccupied by Orchesticus Cabanis, 1851,
in Ornithology. Accordingly, I propose the name Stipator (i. e. a
guard), which will cause the species to stand as follows:
Stipator americanus Saussure.
Stipator haldemanii Girard.
Stipator minutus Thomas.
Stipator stevensoni Thomas.
Stipator cragini Bruner.
Stipator scudderi Bruner.
Family ACRIDID.E.
Kyrbiila eslavae n. sp.
Type ; one male, Eslava, D. F., x.
Very distinct from any described species of the genus, agreeing
somewhat with montezuma Saussure, though well removed from that
form. The color pattern is at once striking and distinctive.
Size small. Head well produced, longer than the posterior breadth, consider-
ably elevated above the level of the pronotum ; fastigium developed, equal to
the width between the eyes, the anterior angle narrowly rounded ; lateral and
median carinse moderately develojied, the latter extending back not quite one-
half the length of the head ; scutelluni not excavated ; facial angle moderately
oblique. Frontal costa rather broad, sulcate from between the antenna' to the^
clypeus, rather coarsely punctate; facial carinte all prominent and extending to
the clypeus, the median j)air nearly parallel, slightly constricted at the ocellus,
moderately diverging inferiorly. Eyes moderately developed, about one and a
half times as long as the infra-ocular groove. Antennae slightly longer than the
head and pronotum, basally depressed, tip acuminate. Pronotum with all the
carinse well marked, the lateral ones constricted much before the middle, diver-
gent both anteriorly and posteriorly, on the metazona the angle of divergence
being much reduced posteriorly: the transverse sulcus intersecting near the mid-
dle. Anterior border of the pronotum almost straight, posterior one broadly
rounded, slightly augulate. Lateral lobes of the prouotum finely punctate on
the metazona, the anterior border, and coarsely on the inferior median section.
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Tegmina ample, just surpassing the hind femora; ulnar area reticulate ante-
riorly, with one row of cells increasing in depth posteriorly ; discoidal area re-
ticulate anteriorly, with one row of cells. Hiud femora and tibia rather slender.
Subgenital plate acuminate, punctate, inferiorly with a basal pit.
Greueral color dull blackish brown variegated with several shades of *green.
Head with two stripes of pea-green extending from near the anterior border of
the eye on to the pronotum, the lower margin being on a level with the middle
of the eye, this being bounded inferiorly by a blackish stripe, the lower face
being dull greenish ; the median facial carinse markedly greenish. Eyes dull
brown, splashed with blackish ; antennae brownish. The scapular area of the
tegmina with a streak of bluish green. Wings deep blackish, more transparent
posteriorly, Abdomeu deep blackish. Hiud femora and tibije almost solid black,
except the superior area of the former which is pea-green.
Measurements :
Length of body ....... 21.5 mm.
Length of tegmina ....... 18 "
Length of hind femora ...... 9 *'
Length of antennae 9 ''
It is quite possible that this species may be generically or sub-
generically distinct from Syrhula, but at present I have placed it
in that genus with which it exhibited affinity, though it differs radi-
cally from the previously known .species, particularly in the pattern
and amount of reticulation of the tegmina.
MERITS* subg. nov.
Differing decidedly from Syrbula proper in general proportions,
in the pattern of the lateral carinte of the pronotum, the greater
facial angle, the ab.sence in the female of any fuscous mottling of
the tegmina, the smaller eyes, and in various other points of struct-
ure. The full characters are those of the only known species. Re-
cognition of this generically would not be unwarranted, but at pres-
ent I prefer to leave it of subgeueric rank.
Syrbula (Herns) ralida n. sp.
Types: two specimens; females, Eslava, D. F., x.
Form -Stout, thick and heavy. Size medium. Fastigium well produced, acute
angulate, lateral cariiise moderately developed, median carina distinctly visible,
much stronger anteriorly. Facial angle oblique, the angle greater than i^yrbuhi.
Eyes small, superior anterior border produced, about equal to the infra-ocular
space. Frontal costa well produced, decidedly so superiorly, constricted at its su-
perior junction, very slightly so at the ocellus, then diverging and finally ending
almost at the clypeus: moderately sulcate from below the antenna?, deepest at
the ocellus, sparsely punctate like the rest of the face. Lateral foveola? large and
deeply excavated. Lateral facial angles fairly promineut Antennae depressed
* i. e., a master of slaves.
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basally, acuiiiinatc, about one and one-half times as long as the head. Pronotuni
with the three carina; distinctly visible, the lateral ones strongly sinuate half
way between the anterior margin and the transverse sulci, parallel on the meta-
zona; anterior border truncate, posterior broadly rouuded ; lateral lobes with the
anterior and posterior margins moderately converging, inferior margin straight
posteriorly, moderately ascending anteriorly ; lateral lobes of the metazona and
the median area of the prozona coarsely punctate. Tegmina shorter than the
abdomen, reaching the base of the sexual appendages, fairly broad ; the expan-
sion of the costal area much greater than in Syrbula. Hind femora comparatively
slender, exceeding the abdomen, with all the carinaj well marked ; hind tibige
with seventeen spines in the outside row. Interspace between the mesosternal
lobes slightly broader than long; of the metasternal l(il)es longer than luoad,
deeply impressed.
General color light green, abdomen and nnder surface brown, suffused more or
less strongly with purplish red. Median streak on head light purplish (approach-
ing solfarino), flanked by a deep green, then the general color into which it shades
off, the dividing line between it and the median streak being a faint blackish
line. Eyes wood-brown, flecked with l>lackish. Postocular streak narrow, deep
purplish red, not reaching the anterior border of the pronotal lobes. Dorsum of
pronotuni with the median carina the same as on the head ; lateral caringe ochra-
ceous, with a black internal border, which shades off into the general color, the
border being absent where the carinpe are most approximate, the external border
at this spot having a trace of black. Lateral lobes with a streak of purplish red
on the prozona, the streak deepest anteriorly. Tegmina with a streak of light
purplish red along the anal vein, expansion of the costal area deep purplish
brown ; the tip and part of the radial and ulnar area membranaceus. The gen-
eral tint of the tegmina on the discoidal and inferior radial area tends towards a
bluish green. Anterior and median pair of limbs i)urplish red. Posterior femora
light greenish, with the lateral and superior face iufuscated with dull blackish,
strongest superiorly ; genicular lobes deep i)urplish red. Posterior tibia; purplish
red, spines pale yellowish, with black tips.
Measurements:
Length of body 33 mm.
Length of tegmina 20 "
Length of hind femora 19 "
Orpliiilella aeiiloala n. sp.
Types: two specimens; male and female, Cuernavaca, jNIorelos,
xi and vi.*
A})parently allied to 0. pratonim Scudder, but differing in the
form of the fastigium, the color of the post ocular stripe and the
tegmina.
Form rather slender. Fastigium acutc-angulate ; lateral carinse prominent;
interspace deeply excavated ; median and posterior sections of the head with a
'faint median carina. Facial angle vertical to the antennse, then retreating
strongly. Frontal costa strongly constricted at the vertex, slightly expanded at
* The date xi of one specimen, I think may be an error of mine in copying
the original, and probably should be vi.
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the ocellus, slightly divergent infeiiorly, moderately sulcate from the base of the
constriction to the ocellus, slightly so inferiorly. Lateral facial carinae promi-
nent; lateral foveolse deeply excavated, invisible superiorly. Eyes moderately
prominent, much longer than the infra-ocular space, the form being rather circu-
lar. Anteunse slightly depressed, moderately acuminate, as long as the head and
pronotum. Median and lateral carinse of the pronotum fairly prominent, weak-
est about the median section, strongest posteriorly; the lateral carinae slightly
diverging anteriorly, considerably so posteriorly. Transverse sulcus intersecting
the median carina at the middle. The anterior margin of the pronotum trun-
cate, the posterior obtuse-augulate. Lateral lobes of the pronotum with the an-
terior margin slightly sloping; the posterior margin almost vertical; the lower
margin with an obtuse lobe posterior to the anterior exposure ; the lower angle
very slightly lobiform. Tegmina surpassing the hind femora, narrow, tip rounded.
Posterior femora moderately large ; tibiae with 9 spines on the external border.
Cerci of male attenuate. The form of the subgeuital plate cannot be ascertained
as it is mutilated.
General color brown, of various shades, with a green dorsal stripe extending
from between the eyes to near the tip of the tegmina. Fastigium blackish brown.
Eyes clouded with dark brown. Antennse wood-brown. Post ocular stripe dull
brown, extending across the superior half of the lateral lobes, and also crossing
the lateral carinae on the metazona and forming a border to the superior surface.
Lower surface dull ochraceous, strongly touched with yellowish on the lower
face. Anterior and median pair of legs light brown. Posterior femora light
brown, with a central darker streak, the same color strongly suffusing the apical
section. Posterior tibiai pale brown, spines pale yellowish, with black tips.
J. — Form somewuat heavy (for an OrphuleUa). Fastigium less than a right
angle ; lateral carinae slightly developed ; interspace moderately excavated ; the
whole head bearing no trace of a median carina. Facial angle vertically de-
scending to the antennae, then retreating at about an angle of forty-five degrees.
Frontal costa similar to that of the male, but much less deeply sulcate. Lateral
facial carinae distinctly visible. Lateral foveolae deeply excavated. Eyes slightly
prominent, appreciably longer than the infra-ocular space, the form somewhat
circular. Antennae mutilated. Median and lateral carinae of the pronotum
moderately prominent, the latter strongest posteriorly where they are moderately
divergent. Transverse sulcus intersecting the median carina at the middle. An-
terior margin of the pronotum very slightly produced ; posterior margin obtuse-
angulate. Lateral lobes of the pronotum with an obsolete inferior lobe as in the
male. Tegmina considerably surpassing the hind femora, narrow, tip rounded.
Posterior femora fairly large, somewhat expanded, tibiae with nine spines on the
external border.
General color light green, tending towards bluish on the tegmina. Lower sur-
fice and abdomen dull purplish brown; the lower face with a green tint of
greater brilliancy than the general color. Eyes wood-brown, with a transverse
stripe of blackish brown, this being an anterior extension of the post ocular
stripe. Post ocular stripe extending back and decorating the lateral carinae of
the pronotum ; on the head it is rather faint and is composed of two bars of color, .
the lower dull blackish, and the upper pale yellowish ; on the pronotum the same
only richer, weak centrally, the black being above the yellowish on the meta-
zona, and on the superior surface of the pronotum. Tegmina with the •apical
third somewhat transparent, of a pale brownish tint. Anterior femora and
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94 JAMES A. G. REHN.
tihife punilish reil shading to dull greenish distally. Median femora and tibige
green, deepest distally. Posterior femora green, with a line of yellow inferiorly ;
tibite mottled gray-brown, spines very pale yellowish, with blackish tips.
Measurements:
% 9
Length of body 15 mm. 21 mm.
Length of tegmina . . . . 14 " 17.5
Length of hind femora . . . 10 " 11.5
Length of anteunse .... 6 "
Orphiilella neslecta u. sp.
Type: one male; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi.
Tliis form superficially bears somewhat of a resemblance to O.
pelidna, but it differs decidedly in the smaller size, comparatively
longer tegmina and hind femora, the angle of the face and the cell
structure of the ulnar area of the tegmina.
Form rather slender. Fastigium acute-angulate, lateral carime moderately
prominent, interspace very slightly excavated, no trace of a median carina on
the head. Angle sharply retreating. Frontal costa rather narrow, constricted
at the apex, slightly expanding inferiorly, sulcate throughout its entire length,
deeply, except inferiorly. Eyes prominent, slightly longer than the infra-ocular
space. Antennse longer than the head and pronotum, slightly depressed basally,
apically bluntly acuminate. Pronotum with the three caringe well marked, the
lateral ones strongly divergent posteriorly. Transverse sulcus cutting the med-
ian carina behind the middle. Anterior border of the pronotum truncate; pos-
terior obtusely rounded. Lateral lobes rather shallow ; inferior posterior border
rectangulate, the lower margin obtuse-angulate centrally; metazona granulose.
Tegmina exceeding the hind femora, broadly rounded at the tip: ulnar area
occupied by an irregular series of cells, largest distally. Hind femora moderate :
tibisE armed with thirteen rather small spines. Cerci attenuate, the form of the
subgenital plate not being ascertainable.
General body color blackish brown, becoming dull yellowish beneath, with a
dorsal stripe of greenish yellow. Ths general color passes from the full tint
through a wood-brown into the color of the under surface, the lower face being
reddish brown. The dorsal stripe is widest anteriorly, occupying the whole
width of the superior surface of the head and pronotum. Eyes olivaceous, with
blackish blotches. Antennae reddish brown, infuscated toward the tips. The
post ocular stripe is a pale olivaceous line on the head, on the pronotum blac^k,
crossing the lateral carina? at the transverse sulcus and appearing on the upper
surface. Tegmina, except the anal angle, uniform blackish brown. Anterior and
median pair of limbs red-brown, touched with blackish at the joints. Posterior
femora pale brownish, with a bar of pale yellowish below ; tibia; the same ground
color, with tiie spines very juile yellowish tijiped with black.
Measurements:
Length of body 14 mm.
Length of tegmina 13.5
Length of hind femora 9.~5 "'
Lengtii of antennse 7 "
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Orphiilella viridescens Scudder.
1899, Orphulella viridescens Scudder. Can. Ent., xxxi, p. 187. July, 1899.
Four specimens ; two males, two females ; Eslava, D. F., x.
The measurements of the females are slightly smaller than those
of the type specimen. Inasmuch as the male was previously un-
known, a short de.scriptiou would not be out of place.
Form rather heavy. FastiKiuin acute-angulate, scutellum slightly foveolate.
Vertex rec.tangulate ; the face from between the anten use retreating decidedly.
Frontal costa very much constricted apically, slightly expanding and becoming
obsolete inferiorly, not suU^ate, delicately punctate. Eyes moderately prominent,
subpyriform, the anterior margin flattened. Antennae red, as long as the head
and pronotum, depressed. Pronotum with the carinse equally distinct, the
lateral ones being most approximate half way between the anterior border and
the transverse sulcus, diverging posterior to the constriction, the angle of diver-
gence not so great on the metazoua. Transverse sulcus dividing the pronotum
slightly back of the middle. Anterior margin of the pronotum truncate, poste-
rior rotundatoangulate. Tegmina equaling the hind femora, the pattern the
same as in the female; but the central line, which is very pale in the female, is
very marked, and the roseate tint is absent. Hind femora longer than the abdo-
men, rather robust; the tibige with eleven to thirteen spines on the external mar-
gin. Cerci attenuate, slightly incurved at the tips. Subgenital plate acuminate,
moderately punctate.
General color reddish brown, variegated with light green. Eyes ochraceous
suffused with grayish. Antenuaj purplish. A dorsal streak of green extends
from the vertex to the tip of the tegmina, though on the head and prozona it is
suffused with brownish, and touched on the latter with yellowish. The post
ocular stripe is represented by a darker band of brown ; posterior two-thirds of
the metazona above with a lateral bar of blackish. Tegmina blackish, except
the anal and costal fields which are green. Abdomen dull purplish red. Lower
face yellowish white. Anterior limbs pale purplish red ; median limbs with the
tibige the same, the femora being greenish yellow. Posterior femora purplish
red, touched with greenish centrally; posterior tibiae dull purplish gray.
Measurements :
Length of body 15 mm.
Length of tegmina 12.5 '*
Length of hind femora ...... 10 "
Length of antennae ....... 5.75"
Plectrotettix viHtoriti!« Saussure.
1861, Stenohothrus viatorius Saussure, Eevue et Magas. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 317.
Seven specimens; five females, two males, Tacubaya, D. F., v,
and Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi and ix, '98.
■ These specimens show a great variation in coloi-, the two males
being very dark, one having the lateral carina? on the metazona,
the posterior border of the prozona, and the anterior border of the
lateral lobes of the ])ronotum pale yellowish.
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^er.
Splieiiariiiiii ictericiini Gerstaecke
1873, Sphennriiim idericum Gerstaecker, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxiv, p. 196.
One specimen ; 9 , Cuernavaca, Morelos, xi.
J»la<'hsero«era mexi<*aiia Saussure.
1859, MaehH-rocera mexicana Saussure, Eevue et Magas. de Zool. (2), ix, ]>. 391.
Five specimens; all males, Cuernavaca, Morelos, ix.
Macliieroc<'i*a Miiinichrasti Thomas.
1874, Mdcluerocerii siuiilchrasti Tlionias, Bull. U. S. Geol.and Geog. Surv. Terr.
(1st Ser.j, No. 2, p. 70.
Three specimens; all males, Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi.
These specimens differ but slightly from a female of the .><ame spe-
cies in my collection from Atoyac, Mexico. The greatest amount
of variation is in the median facial (or costal) carinre, which in one
are interiorly expanded then contracted so as to form a flasked-
shaped depression, a trace of which is visible in another specimen.
Arpliia iiietana Saussure.
1861, Tumonotus nietaiia Saussure, Revue et Magas. de Zool. ^2), xiii, p. 321.
Three specimens; one $ , two 9 , Eslava, D. F., 8000 feet eleva-
tion, X.
These agree perfectly with Saussure's description.
ToinonoliiM azteciis Saussure. *
1861, (Eilipoda azteca Saussure, Revue et Magas. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 397.
One specimen ; $ , Cuernavaca, Morelos, xi.
This specimen is smaller than Saussure's minimum lueasurements
of males.
Saussure's mininiuni. Cuernavaca specimen.
Length of body . . 15 mm. 14 mm.
Length of tegmiua . 17 " 15.5 ''
Ijactista iuerinus n. sp.
Type: one specimen, S , Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
This specimen is allied to L. punctatiis, but differs decidedly in
the pronotum not being crested.
Form rather slender. Head thick and blunt; the angle of the vertex rounded :
the depres.sion of the scutellum extending forwards and downwards, connecting
with the frontal costa between the ocelli. The frontal costa is moderately sul-
cate, the lateral carina; connecting with the borders of the fastigium, and extend-
ing as a raised ridge around the superior margin of the eye, below they are widely
divergent; the lateral carinse of the face being very prominent. Antenna? slen-
der, acuminate, very much longer than the head and pronotum. Eyes moder-
ately prominent, ovoid, longer than the infra-ocular space. Pronotum with no
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. 97
trace of a crest, the median carina being only slightly visible anteriorly and pos-
teriorly. Anterior margin of the pronotum slightly produced centrally ; poste-
rior margin nearly rectangulate. Lateral carinse very slightly developed, on the
metazona the line dips from the shoulder angle and terminates a distance below
the usual point. Lateral lobes of the pronotum with the lower margins slightly
trimmed anterior, and slightly produced posteriorly. Tegmiua well developed,
greatly exceeding the hind femora. Hind femora moderately exceeding the
abdomen. Hind tibiae with seven spines on the external border. Cerci erect,
rather blunt ; subgenital plate acuminate, both moderately pilose.
General color dark brownish, mottled with pale yellow, touched with pink on
the face and blackish on the head and pronotum ; under surface posteriorly yel-
low. Eyes brownish gamboge. Antennae purplish brown. Tegmina blotched
with blackish, posterior section of the apex membranous. Wings with the basal
section vermilion, the remainder infuscated with a membranous spot near the
apex; anterior border deep brown. Hind femora yellowish, with two blackish
bands, the distal extremity also being blackish. Hind tibiae with the proximal
half yellowish, with one blackish band, distal half pinkish. Tarsi yellow.
Measurements :
Length of body 18 mm.
Length of tegmina ....... 20 "
Length of hind femora' 10.5"
Length of antennae 10 "
Trimerotropis iiioiiticola Saussure.
1884, Trimerofropis monticola Saussure, Prodrom. Qildipod., p. 170.
Three specimens ; one $ , two 9 , Eslava, D. F., 8000 feet, x.
One specimen, a female, exhibits a much greater length of teg-
mina than the others. Compared with Saussure's measurements it
stands 28.5 mm., against 25, the other female in the collection
measuring 26.5 mm.
Tseiiiopoda picticornis Stoll.
1873. Txniopoda picticornis Stoll, Eecensio Orthopterorum, I, p. 51.
Eight specimens; six $ , two 9 , Cuernavaca, Morelos, xi.
Rhoinalea eolorata Serville.
1839, Acridium coloratum Serville, Orthopteres, p. 674.
Nine specimens ; five $ , four $ , Victoria, Tamaulipas, vii.
Soliist04'erca cariuata Scudder.
1899, Schistocerca corinata Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., xxxiv,
p. 449.
One specimen; male, Tacubaya, D. F., xi..
Schistocerca pyrauiidata Scudder.
1899, Schistocerca pyramiddtfi Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., xxxiv,
p. 454.
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98 JAMES A. G. REHN.
One specimen ; female, Rio Cocula, Gnerrero, xii.
This agrees very well with Scudder's description of the type from
Cuernavaca.
Schistocerca vaga Scudder.
1S76, Acridiam vttgum Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, \). 269.
Five specimens ; females, Taenbaya, D. F., v.
Two of these specimens are much lighter in color than the others,
and it is with some hesitation I place them here, though sei)aration
would he difficult.
9Ielauu|>liis spretis Thomas.
1865, Acridium spretis Thomas, Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc, v, p. 450.
One specimen ; <? , Tacubaya, D. F., viii.
This specimen is a more southern record than any to my knowledge.
IVIelaiiopliis corpuleiitus Scudder.
1899, Melnnopliis corpidentns Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, p. 313.
Ten specimens ; four males, six females, Eslava, D. F. (9), x, and
Orizaba, Vera Cruz (1), vi (xi?).
Melanoplus sp. ?
Two specimens ; 9 , Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi, (xi ?).
The females of this genus are very difficult to deterniine without
accompanying males, so I have reserved my decision on these speci-
mens until a satisfactory amount of material of both sexes is accu-
lated to form the basis of anything like accurate determination.
One male of M. corpulentus is labeled and dated the same, but that
these are distinct from corpulentus is perfectly plain on an examina-
tion of six females from Eslava.
Perixerus Isevis u. sp.
Type; one specimen ; 9 , Eslava, D. F., x.
This species differs from P. squamipennis Gerstaecker in the ab-
sence of pubescence and in the greatly different color pattern.
Form moderately slender. Head with the scutellum very slightly excavated ;
frontal costa shallowly sulcate inferior to the antennie, punctate superiorly ;
lateral facial caringe obsolete. Eyes almost hemispherical, the base being ante-
rior. Antennae longer than the pronotum. Pronotum finely punctate superiorly,
and on the lateral portion of the metazona. Anterior border semi-truncate, pos-
terior about the same. Posterior margin of the lateral lobes obliquely descend-
ing; lower margin obtuse-angulate. Tegmina as in sqnamipeunis, the venation
being strongly in relief. Posterior tibiae with eight spines on the external bor-
der. The entire specimen glabrous.
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General color deep olivaceous above, naples yellow beneath. Head and prono-
tum with a central line of crimson, which is replaced by one of yellowish on the
abdomen. Side and front of face washed with crimson, the same tint covering
the lower section of the lateral lobes of the pronotum. Eyes dark ochraceous,
touched above with black. Antennae black, with a narrow distal yellow
annulation on each segment. Abdomen with the yellow of the under parts ex-
tending up along the posterior border of each segment, the body of each of the
same being centrally lined with black. Tegmina deep olivaceous, with the vena-
tion outlined in dull yellowish. Median pair of limbs above olivaceous, below
yellowish, with a lateral line of blackish. Posterior femora yellow, the upper
genicular lobes and the pattern of the lateral face black. Posterior tibiae light
olivaceous, with a basal spot of black, and a narrow band of yellow; the lower
surface with a line of black, which color tinges the distal portion ; external bor-
der with eight spines, each tipped with black. Hind tarsi yellowish, spotted
with black.
Measurements :
Length of body ........ 22 mm.
Length of tegmina
Length of hind femora
Length of antennae
4.5"
11.5"
7 "
The specimens representing the subfamily Tettiginse, numbering
three, I have not attempted to determine, more material being
needed for accurate specific determination.
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On PI€iRITIA Clem.
BY WM. G. DIETZ, M.D., HAZLETON, I'A.
This genus, of which P. laticapitella Clem, is the type, is charac-
terized by its author as follows (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., May, 1860,
ed. Stainton, p. 135) :
Forew iugs narrow, elongated, pointed and very slightly retuse on the costa
before the tip. The subcostal sends to the costa, before the apical third of the
wing, a long, thick vein, which arises behind the middle and subdivides into
three branches at the tip, the apical being forked, with one of its branches de-
livered to the tip, and the others to the costa before it. The discoidal cell is
much elongated and narrow, and sends to the hinder margin a disco-central
branch. The median is three branched at the tip, all of which are short, and the
two upper veins arise on a common stalk. Submedian is forked at the base, with
the lower branch nearly obsolete. Hind wings narrowly lanceolate, broad at
base, with interior angle rounded. The subcostal vein is simple and extended to
the tip. Discoidal cell closed by a very faint nervure, giving rise to a simple
nervule. Median nervure is three branched, the last two branches from a com-
mon base. Head smooth, with decumbent scales, slightly retracted. Forehead
broad and rounded ; face with the scales spreading out at the base of the tongue,
so as to make it nearly equally broad. Eyes oval, nearly vertically placed.
Ocelli small. Labial palpi very short, smooth; first and second joints rather
thick; terminal joint pointed, slender and as long as the second. No maxillary
palpi. Antennae setaceous, simple in the female, microscopically pubescent in
the male, rather more than one-half as long than the forewlngs; basal joint
flattened and expanded into a small eye-cup, with cilite, in front. Tongue scaled,
rather longer than the thorax beneath.
Dr. Clemens further adds : " I have hut one male, which is with-
out labial palpi, etc." There is scarcely a doubt that he failed to
recognize these extremely small, almost rudimentary organs in the
male. He also describes the discoidal cell of hind wings closed by
a very faint nervure; it is open, except between veins 6 and 7,
where it is closed by a faint, oblique vein.
A careful study of the material in my collection has led to the
discovery of characters not in keeping with Pigritia sensu Clem.
Looked upon as a whole, the species present a habitus peculiarly
their own, and form a well-defined group of the family G-'^cophoridje,
aualagous to the Blastobasida3 of Lord Walsingham, to which, in-
deed, they would bear a very close relationship, was it not for the
verv different formations of the labial palpi and the absence of the
excision in the antennae of the male.
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 101
CHARACTERS OF THE GROUP.
Head smooth scaled, with closely appressed scales, rarely some-
what roughened. Forehead broad and rounded ; face more or less
strongly receding below. In some males the scales diverge from the
median line below, disclosing a more or less distinct, glabrous
fossa, which, in one genus (Ploiophora), affords lodgment for the
labial palpi of the male in repose. Eyes oval, moderately promi-
nent. Labial palpi very short, inconspicuous or almost rudimentary
in the males (except Ploiophova) ; longer and more distinct in the
females (except Dryope and Ejngritia). Maxillary palpi obsolete.
Tongue long and scaly throughout. Antennse setiform, about two-
thirds the length of fore wings, stronger, finely pubescent and with
a line of cilia beneath in the males, simple and smooth in the fe
males, basal joint expanded into an eye-cup, with strongly marked
pecten.
Fore wings elongate, lanceolate ; costa feebly convex in some,
straight or somewhat depressed along the middle third or two-fifths.
Cilia over one. All veins present ; veins 2 to 5 close together from
posterior angle of cell; 4 and 5 stalked or free; vein 2 jijroceeds to
hind margin at an almost right angle to the posterior median ; veins
7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 to apex or costa before it, veins 9 and 10
free, generally close together from or near anterior angle of cell, or,
more rarely, 9 arises out of 7; vein 11 arises before middle of cell
and attains the costa beyond the middle third; vein \b distinctly
forked at the base with the lower branch less distinct. Cell long
and narrow, closed, truncate behind. Hind wings nariow, lanceo-
late; costa approximately straight, anal angle strongly rounded,
almost lobed ; hind margin impressed behind anal angle, then feebly
curved to apex. Cilia long. 7 veins, 5 absent, cell open, except
between veins 6 and 7, where it is closed by an oblique, delicate
vein, nearly opposite to where the posterior median divides into its
end branches (veins 3 and 4) ; vein 6 arises as a pseudoneuron near
the base, bisects the cell into two unequal halves, until it reaches the
fragmentary transverse vein, when it becomes a true vein and
attains the hind margin at some distance from the tip ; the anterior
median runs close to the costa and attains the latter shortly before
the tip.
The moths are generally small sized, rarely expanding more than
one half inch. Predominating colors ochreous to fuscous brown,
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102 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
with u more or less prouounced silky lustre ; metallic tints in some
species, absent in others. Male with anal tuft of ochreous, erectile
scales; lateral claspers slender, geniculate at base and recurved
upward, with slender, finely setulose appendages. The antennal
structure has been mentioned before ; another secondary sexual
character consists in a scale-cushion of the anterior tibia above the
inner apical angle. Female with protruding ovipositor. I regret
to state that to the best of my knowledge, nothing is known of their
primary stages.
The following genera have been recognized :
Veins 4 and 5 of fore wing stalked (PI. VI, fig. 3a).
Vein 9 free (PL VI, fig. 3a).
Palpi of moderate length and distinct in both sexes, terminal joint depressed ;
second joint of % with sensitive area within; sim])ly rounded in the
female (PI. VI, fig. 2a and 2b) Ploiophora.
Palpi of unequal length in the sexes; very short and rudimentary in the
male, distinct, with the terminal joint pointed in the female (PL VI,
fig. 3(; and 3(1) ■ Figritia.
Palpi equal, very small and indistinct in both sexes (PI. VII, fig. 8a and 86).
Epigritia.
Vein 9 of fore wing out of 7 (PL VII, fig. lOrt) Pseiidopigritia.
Veins 4 and 5 of fore wing not stalked (PL VII, fig. 12(() Dryope.
PLOIOPHORA gen. nov.
Characterized and differentiated from the other genera of the
group by the peculiar formation of the labial palpi in the male.
Labial palpi moderately long, ascending but scarcely attaining the
middle of the front. Male: first joint porrect and nearly as long as
the second, latter ascending with an elongate, smooth sensitive area
within, outside scaly ; third joint minute, depressed, scaly ; in re-
pose, the palpi are folded back into a glabrous frontal groove. In
activity the palpi are thrown forward and diverge outwardly in such
a manner that the inner surface becomes inferior, and the third
joint is deflected outward. Female: labial palpi feebly compressed,
first joint short, second entirely scaly, thii'd nearly as long as the
second, pointed, depressed. Veins 4 and 5 of fore wings stalked, 9
free.
The second joint of the pal{)i in the male has a certain resem-
blance to a boat, hence the name. The front of the male has a tri-
angular fossa for the reception of the palpi, scales divergent ; smooth
scaled and without fossa in the female. Otherwise the genus does
not difier from Pigritia proper.
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 103
Two species are recognized :
Anterior wings less elongate, fascia feebly curved (PI. VI, fig. 1) ailipla.
Anterior wings more elongate, fascia strongly curved toward the dorsal margin
(PI. VI, fig. 2) fidella.
P. aiiipla sp. n. (PI. VI, fig. 1). Male. — Greyish fuscous; thorax, head and
antennal eye-caps greyish luteous, with metallic lustre, antennae dark fuscous.
Palpi pale ochreous, second joint dusted with fuscous above its inner, surface
smooth and surrounded by dark brown scales. Anterior wings four times as
long as wide; costa nearly straight for three-fourths its length, dusted with dark
fuscous scales, more dense along the costa and on the fold, the whole wing has a
somewhat brassy reflection. A whitish fascia at one-third the wing length, rec-
tangular to the margins and faced externally by a line of dark fuscous scales;
two dai'k fuscous dots at end of cell and a third one immediately below near the
end of the fold, this latter is a trifle nearer the base. Cilia concolorous and like
the apical part of wing, dusted with dark fuscous and some scattered white scales.
Hind wing grey, fuscous towards the apex. Abdomen above dark fuscous, first
two segments more tawny, with a feeble cupreous lustre. Under side : thorax
and femora silvery, tinged with fuscous; abdomen anterior and outer side of
middle and hind legs brownish fuscous, inside of latter silvery, tinged with och-
reous; apex of tarsal joints with a pale annulation ; fore wings dark fuscous,
hind wings a little paler.
Expanse 12. mm., .48 inch.
Hah. — Hazleton, Pa.
All the specimens before nie are males ; a female specimen in poor
condition I refer with some hesitation to the present species ; it has
the labial palpi fuscous externally, yellowish fuscous on the inner
.side ; fascia of fore wings indistinct.
I
I*, fidella sp. n. (PL VI, fig. 2). Male. — Pale greyish fuscous; head and
antennal eye-caps paler, tawny, with scarcely any metallic reflections, antennae
dark fuscous. Labial palpi of male pale yellow, sprinkled with fuscous scales
above. Fore wings more elongate, five times as long as wide; costa slightly re-
tuse along the middle, dark fuscous; basal space limited at about one-third the
wing length by a fascia, strongly curved inwards towards the dorsal margin ; a
paler space in disk beyond the middle, enclosing two dark fuscous dots at end of
cell ; apical part of wing and adjoining cilite dusted with dark fuscous, with a
sprinkling of white scales, cilia greyish fuscous; hind wings greyish fuscous,
cilia the same. Abdomen greyish fuscous, with some metallic lustre above.
Underside: thorax and femora silvery white; anterior legs and outer side of
middle and hind legs fuscous, the latter ochreous-white on inside; tarsal joints
obscurely annulate at the apex ; wings fuscous.
In the female, head, thorax and antennal eye-caps darker than in the male, with
stronger metallic reflections, the labial palpi fuscous, especially towards the apex.
Expanse 11. mm., .44 inches.
i/ct 6. — Hazleton, Pa.
Not rare at electric light. Males predominate. I have but one
female.
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104 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
FIGRITIA Ck'in.
Labial palpi of male minute, almost rudimentary, the apex
scarcely visible beyond the base of the tongue ; first joint very
stout, tufted beneath, second nearly as wide as long, third very
minute, subacuniinate, nearly concealed by scales ; female always
distinctly visible beyond the base of the tongue ; basal joint cylin-
drical, second and third slightly compressed, the latter always dis-
tinct, pointed.
Fore wings with veins 4 and 5 stemmed, 9 free.
A genus of some extent. The species are closely allied and dis-
tinguished as follows :
Fore wings less elongate, costa more or less convex from the base ; vein 7 of fore
wing to costa before apex (PI. VI, fig. 3a).
Labial palpi of female longer, very evident; second joint longer than the third
(PI. VI, fig. 4).
Basal space paler, fascia curved ; stigmata distinct coiiftisella.
Dark fuscous, overlaid with purple; basal space scarcely paler; farcia and
stigmata obeolete piirpurella.
Basal space paler and sending a j)rojection into the disk ; stigmata distinct
(PI. VI, fig. 6) bHsilorella.
Labial palpi of female shorter, less distinct; second and tiiird joints eq\ial (PI.
VI, fig. 3d).
A pale, feebly curved fascia at one-third the wing length (PI. VI, fig. 3).
latioapilella.
A dark band just before the middle (PI. Vi, fig. 5) niediofas<'iella.
Fore wings more elongate ; costa straight or slightly depressed from near the
base, vein 7 of fore wing to apex (PI. VI, fig. F).
Fore wings not tinged with yellow ; pale fascia distinct.
Fascia without projection into the disk externally.
Labial palpi dark fuscous.
Fascia at one-third, straight, basal space with golden reflection.
oruafella.
Fascia at two-fifths, curved ; with scarcely any metallic lustre.
aiigtiMti|>('iiiiella.
Labial jialpi ochreous; a straight fascia at one-third ; stigmata obsolete.
trisflella.
Fascia with an angular projection into the disk externally. .MpoliotellH.
Fore wings tinged with yellow ; fascia present arizuiiella.
Fore wings fuscous ; no fascia obsciirella.
P. coiif'iisella sp. n. (PI. VI, fig. 4). Male.— Head and eye-caps light
tawny, ocliieous, with a strong brassy lustre; scales of front smooth, not separ-
ated by a fossa. Labial palpi extremely minute, basal joint compressed, dusted
with fuscous, jjosteriorly from its base arises a pencil of dark bristle-like hairs,
second joint about as wide as long, third minute, scarcely perceptible. Thorax
silvery gray, fore wings less elongate, costa somewhat convex from the base;
AMERICAN MICROJ.EPIDOPTERA. 105
ground color a sordid white, with an ochreous tinge, overlaid with fuscous scales,
a strongly curved pale fascia at one-third, illdefined toward the base, convex
externally, and equidistant from the base at both margins of the wing, extreme
costa deep fuscous; basal space darker towards the base, especially adjacent to
the margins; middle part of wing dark fuscous in the costal half of the wing,
paler towards the inner margin. Opposite the beginning of the costal ciliaj is a
triangular space, dusted over with white scales and limited towards the apex by
a darker, zig-zag fuscous line, within this space are two dark spots at end of
cell and a short line on the dorsal margin immediately beneath ; apical part of
wing and adjoining cilia sparsely dusted with fuscous scales. Hind wings and
cilia of both wings greyish fuscous. Under side: thorax and femora silvery
white; abdomen greyish fuscous, legs fuscous, with paler scales; tarsal joints
tipped with paler; wings fuscous.
In the female the head and antennal eye-caps are darker, a;neo-fuscous ; labial
palpi dark fuscous, apices of second and third joints a little paler, somewhat com-
pressed, the latter distinctly shorter than the former.
Expanse 10.-12. mm., .42-.48 inch.
Hab.—Fa. ; N. J. .
Probably occurs over the whole Atlantic district ; attracted by
light, June, July. Varies in extent and intensity of the dark shad-
ings of fore wings. Superficially, scarcely to be distinguished from
Ploiophora ampla, the difference in the labial palpi will prevent
confusion, third joint in the fen)ale of the latter species being longer
and depressed. The fascia of fore wing is more strongly curved in
confusella. From laticapitella the present species differs by the longer
labial palpi of the female, second joint longer than the third, and
the more strongly curved fascia.
P. purpurella sp. n. — Dark brownish fuscous; thorax, head and antennal
eye-caps jeneo-fuscous, with strong lustre; antennse dark, blackish. Lal)ial
palpi (female) distinct, dark fuscous, a narrow ring at apex of second and extreme
apex of thii'd joint paler ; latter much shorter than the former ; fore wings : costa
feebly convex from base to apex, slightly depressed along middle third ; dee]i
fuscous brown, overlaid with purple, basal space scarcely paler, limited externally
by a regularly curved line, convexity toward the apex and equidistant from the
base at both margins ; stigmata illdefined ; apical part and base of cilia thinly
sprinkled with white scales; cilia with three or four indistinct paler lines; hind
wings greyish fuscous, cilia paler towards the base. Under side: body and
femora silvery grey, tinged with fuscous, last ventral segment with fulvous
scales ; legs fuscous, tarsal joints with a pale annulus at their apex ; wings dark
fuscous.
Expanse 11.5-13. mm., .46-.52 inch.
Hah. — Hazleton, Pa. Three 9 , taken in three different years
and on the 14th and 15th of June.
P. bai^ilarellH sp. n. (PI. VI, fig. 6). Male. — Thorax, head and antennal
eye-caps brassy-golden, very shining, the lower part of face less so; front witli-
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106 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
out fossa. Anteuuse rather stout, pale fuscous, indistinctly annulate. Labial
palpi extremely short, pale ochreous. Fore wings with the costa convex from
the base, slightly depressed along middle third ; ground color silver grey, over-
laid with pale fuscous; costal half of base overlaid with golden. The basal space
extends to about one-third the wing length, paler than rest, very thinly dusted with
fuscous, darker along the costa and close to the base, with an elongate fuscous dot
in its centre and sending a prolongation into the disk of the wing in the middle;
rest of wing darker immediately adjoining the basal space, thence paling toward
the apex, a somewhat paler dorso-discal area opposite to beginning of costal (dlia,
containing two dark dots, the upper on the anterior angle of the cell, the other
immediately below ; costa and extreme apex more deeply fuscous, apical part
and adjoining cilia thinly sprinkled with white scales; hind-wings and cilia of
both greyish fuscous. Under side of thorax and femora silvery white, legs fus-
cous; tarsal joints annulate with pale at apex ; the fuscous scales are tipped with
pale. Abdomen wanting.
Female. — Thorax, head and eye-caps grayish to subaeneous fuscous, metallic
reflection much less pronounced, golden tint at base of fore wings absent. Labial
palpi quite distinct, basal joint with stiff, bristle-like scales beneath, dusted with
fuscous, joints 2-3 pale yellowish, terminal distinctly .shorter than second joint.
Abdomen pale fuscous above, silvery white, slightly dusted with fuscous beneath.
Expanse 12. mm., .48 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa. ; Iowa and Lawrence, Kan.sas. One speci-
men from each locality in my collection. A very distinct species.
P. latiicapitella Clem. (PI. VI, fig. 3). Male. — Greyish fuscous; thorax,
head and eye-caps tawny, with brassy lustre, antennae fu.scous. Labial palpi
very short, stout, compressed, fuscous, first joint with blackish hairs beneath ;
third very short. Fore wings: costa convex from the base, ground color silver
grey, nearly concealed by fuscous scales, with a purple reflection in certain
lights; a whitish fascia at one-third the wing length, slightly curved and some-
what inflexed at the dorsal margin; costa more deeply fuscous, apical part of
wing and adjoining cilia sprinkled with white and dark fuscous scales, the former
aggregated into an indistinct subapical fascia; dorsal cilia like the hind wings
and their cilia, greyish fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, first two dorsal segments
tawny fuscous, with a cupreous lustre. Underside: thorax and femora silvery
white, dusted with fuscous; abdomen fuscous; legs fuscous, sprinkled with pale
scales, tarsal joints with a pale annulus at the apex.
Female. — Thorax, head and antennal eye-caps a little darker and of a more
ieneous lustre; labial palpi slender, dark fuscous, joints 2-3 equal in length, less
prominent and distinct than in the preceding species of the genus. The purple
reflection of the fore wings more distinct and becoming brassy towards the base.
Expanse 10.5-12. mm., .42-.48 inch.
Hab. — All the material before me was taken here (Hazleton,
Pa.). Probably occurs over the entire middle Atlantic district.
The type of the genus and the bete >ioir of the species of this and
the preceding genus. However, 1 entertain no doubt of this being
the true laticapitella of Clemens, of which he says*: "Labial palpi
■•• Clemens, Micro, ed. Stainton, p. 136.
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very .short, smooth, and first and second joints rather thick ; termi-
nal joint pointed, slender and as long as the second." He further
states: "I have but one male, which is without labial palpi, etc."
No doubt the minuteness of these organs in the male caused them
to be overlooked. The palpi of the female of Ploiophora do not
agree with the description, and those of P. confusella have the sec-
ond joint distinctly longer than the terminal. There is no authentic
specimen of P. laticapitella in the collection of the Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, which was the recipient of the
Clemens collection, and which I have had the opportunity to ex-
amine on several occasion. The specimens hearing the specific name
were determined by Lord Walsingham. Among a lot of material
sent to his Lordship for determination, 5 specin)ens were returned
as laticapitella, and which now I find occasion to distribute among
two genera and four species.
P. nie€liof»!>ici«*Ila sp. n. (PL VI, fig. 5). Female. — Greyish fuscous:
thorax, vertex and aiitennal eye-caps with a faint cupreous lustre, face tawny;
antennse pale greyish fuscous. Labial palpi pale yellowish, distinct but short,
joints 2-3 equal. Fore wings: costa convex from the base to apex ; extreme costa
and a broad transverse fascia before the middle, dark fuscous, the latter is rectan-
gular to the margins, faced on both sides by a paler shade; apical part more
densely dusted with dark fuscous scales, stigmata obsolete, cilia concolorous and
with the apical part of the wing sparsely dusted with fine, white scales. Dorsal
segments 1-2 of abdomen with cupreous lustre. Under side : thorax, femora and
abdomen silvery, thorax sparsely, abdomen more densely dusted with fuscous;
legs pale fuscous, speckled with darker scales; tarsal joint not tipped with pale
at the apex.
Expanse 12. mm., .48 inch.
A single female specimen taken in July at electric light. Di.stin-
guished by the dark, transverse fascia of fore wing.
P. orimteila sp. n. {PI. VI, fig. 7). — Thorax, patagia, head and antennal
eye-caps strongly shining, aeneo-fuscous, antennae dark fuscous. Labial palpi
distinct, pale fuscous, second joint above and third darker; the former distinctly
longer than the terminal. Fore wings more elongate, costa not convex from the
base, depressed along the middle to beginning of cilia; base golden brown, fouling
outwardly; a curved white fascia at one-third the wing length, not including ex-
treme costa, and equidistant from the base at both margins it fades gradually
toward the base. Eest of wing deep purple-brown, a paler dorso-discal area oppo-
site the beginning of the costal cilia, caused by sprinkling of white scales, this
area contains two dark fuscous dots at end of cell, outei' part of wing with
seneous reflections towards base : the margins of the apical part of ihe wing with
the base of the adjoining cilia are sjirinkled with white scales; cilia dark grey.
Hind wings grey, cilia concolorous, somewhat stramineous toward the apes.
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108 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D,
Abdomen: above dark fuscous, segments 1-2 witli brassy lustre. Under side:
thorax and femora silvery, abdomen fuscous, last '.i segments clothed with fulvous
scales; legs brownish fuscous, spotted with paler scales; tarsal joints with a pale
annulus at the apex. Fore wings fuscous, with a rufo-SEiieous lustre in certain
lights.
E.xpanse 11.-12. mm., .44-.48 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
Only females before me. A striking species, distinguished from
the preceding species by its more elongate fore wings, with the costa
almost retuse from the base, from the following by its pronounced
coloration.
I». angiisfipeiiiiella sp. n. Male.— Greyish fuscous. Thorax seueo-fus-
cous. head and antennal eye-caps tawny, ochreous, shining; antenna; dark grey-
ish fuscous. Labial palpi minute, pale yellow, a pencil of short, stifi", blackish
bristles arises from the base of the first Joint posteriorly. Fore wings elongate,
costa depres.sed from the base ; ground color silvery grey, overlaid with fuscous;
basal space with a feeble brassy lustre, limited at two-fifths the wing length by a
curved, pale fascia, shading off gradually towards the base into fuscous; the cos-
tal end of fascia nearer the base than the dorsal extremity; immediately beyond
the fascia the wing is inore deeply fuscous in illdefined patches, more marked an
the dorsal margin, extreme costa and 2 dots at end of cell, dark fuscous, between
the latter and both margins are several smaller illdefined spots, and forming thus
an illdefined, transverse line or band, preceding this is a paler area; apical part
of wing more deeply fuscous, and with the adjoining cilia sprinkled with white
scales. Cilia dark grey. Hind wings greyish fuscous towards the apex, cilia con-
colorous. Abdomen fuscous above, segments 12 feebly aeneous, shining. Under
side: thorax, abdomen and femora silvery, abdomen dusted with fuscous; legs
fuscous, middle and hind pair silvery grey within ; apices of tarsal joints paler;
wings fuscous, anterior with a feeble seneous lustre.
Female.— Head, thorax and eye-caps seneo-fuscons, shining. Labial palpi dark
fuscous, second joint at extreme apex within, paler, distinctly longer than the
terminal joint.
Expanse 11. mm., .44 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
Not rare at electric light, June, July. Resembles in form and
habitus the preceding species, but is paler, metallic tints, le.ss pro-
nounce, transverse fascia of fore wings curved and a little further
removed from the base. Altogether a more sombre and obscure
looking insect.
F. tristella s]). n. — Pale brownish fuscous. Thorax, head and eye-caps
tawny, feneous, feeble lustre. Labial palpi ( ?) ratlier short, ochreous, somewhat
dusky at the apex, third joint shorter than the second. Fore wings elongate,
costa depressed from near the base; ground color a silvery grey, evenly overlaid
with brownish, fuscous scales, these latter are paler at their bases, giving thus
the surface a finely irn.rated appearance ; a pale, straight fascia at two-fifths the
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 109
*
wing length, not including the extreme costa and equidistant from the base at
both ends. Stigmata obsolete; a few white scales scattered over the apical part
of wing and the base of adjoining cilia, the latter grey. Hind wings greyish fus-
cous, cilia grey, paler towards theirbase. Abdomen brown above, segments 1-2
feebly teneous. Under side : thorax and femoivd silvery white, abdomen greyish
fuscous, spotted with darker scales and clothed with ochreous scales towards the
anal extremity. Legs brownish fuscous, middle and hind legs pale ochreous
within ; tarsal joints with a pale annulus at apex ; wings fuscous.
Expanse 11.-11.5 mm., .44-. 46 inch.
Hab. -Hazleton, Pa.
Two female specimens in ray collection. In appearance closely
resembling Pseudopigritia equitella.
Differs from angustipermella by the somewhat narrower fore wing,
the straight fascia and absence of discal dots, from the following by
the fascia of fore wing.
P. nrizonellsi sp. n. — Thorax, head and eye-caps greyish fuscous, antennae
dark fuscous. Labial palpi -male — very short, dark fuscous, terminal joint mi-
nute; female, distinct, drooping, pale, third joint much shorter than second.
Fore wings less strongly elongate, costal margin approximately straight; ground
color greyish white, costa fuscous towards the base: strongly tinted with pale
sulphur yellow in basal and middle part of wing; an illdefined pale fascia at
fully two-fifths the wing length and projecting irregularly into the disk exter-
nally, within the fascia there is some dark dusting; base adjoining costa dark
fuscous; immediately adjoining the fascia is a dark dorsal, and on opposite cos-
tal patch the latter elongate, triangular and more pronounced ; apical part of
wing more densely dusted with fuscous, condensed along costal margin and
somewhat interrupted by paler lines: 2 dark fuscous dots at end of cell and a
dorsal spot immediately below, the latter more elongate, apical part with a
sprinkling of white scales, cilia cinerous, sprinkled with fuscous and some white
scales, hind wings silver grey, cilia concolorous. Abdomen above ochreous, fus-
cous. Under side: thorax and femora silvery, abdomen pale ochJ^ous, legs dark
fuscous ; tarsal joints distinctly pale annulate at the apex ; fore wings dark fus-
cous, hind wings paler.
Expanse lO.-ll. mm.. .40-.44 inch.
Hab. — Huachuca and Nochales, Arizona.
Two specimens, male and female, in my collection. Quite dis-
tinct and unlike any other species of the group known to me. A
somewhat aberrant form. The labial palpi of the female have the
first two joints relatively stouter than in the other species of this
genus, the terminal, minute, depressed somewhat similar to the
labial palpi of the female in Dnjope, to which at first I referred
this species. However, vein 4 and 5 of fore wings are distinctly
stalked. The palpi in the $ are drooping, v/hile porrect or subas
cending in the other species of the genus.
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*
P. Npoliatella sp, n. — Ashen grey. Thorax, head and eye-caps tinged with
ochreous fuscous; antennas brownish, witli indistinct pale annulations. Labial
palpi { % ) rather distinct, third joint small, fuscous. Fore wings moderately
elongate, c.osta very slightly retuse ; ground color a sordid white, overlaid with
brown scales, extreme costa — froni the base — dark fuscous ; basal space paler, a
pale, illdefined fascia at two-fifths of wing length, which sends a tooth-like pro-
longation into the middle of the disk externally; adjoining the fascia is a sub-
quadrate, dark fuscous patch resting on the dorsal margin, another opposite, less
pronounced on the costa. and extending more or le.ss toward the apex. Two dark
dots at end of cell, and and a third dash-like spot immediately below and on the
dorsal margin ; apical half of wing more densely dusted with fuscous, with a
sparse sprinkling of white scales extending also upon the cilis. Hind wings
greyish fuscous, cilia concolorous. Abdomen above tawny, with some metallic
lustre. Underside: body and legs silvery, tinged with ochreous; fore legs and
outside of middle and hind pair fuscous brown ; tarsal joints pale at the apex ;
fore and hind wings fuscous.
Expanse 11. mm., .44 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
Two males. Not distinguishable from Dryope grisella, hut for
veins 4 and 5 of fore wings heing stemmed.
P. obscnrella sp. n. Male. — Greyish fuscous. Thorax seneo-fuscous, an -
tennal eye-caps and head bright tawny ocherous, with brassy lustre. Labial
palpi pale yellowish, terminal joint extremely small. Fore wings entirely grey-
ish fuscous, without fascia; costa depressed from near the base; apical part of
wing dark fuscous; stigmata obsolete, sparsely dusted with pale scales at the
apex and adjacent cilia, latter dark gray. Hind wings greyish -fuscous, darker
towards the apex, cilia concolorous paler at their base. Abdomen above dark fus-
cous, segments 1-2 feebly ieneous. Under side of thornx silvery grey, dusted
with fuscous; abdomen beneath and legs fuscous, tarsal joints pale at the apex ;
under side of wings fuscous.
Female. — Thorax, head and eve-caps wneo-fuscous. Labial palpi distinct, och-
reous, dusted with fuscous, the second joint scarcely longer than the terminal ;
legs a little paler.
Expanse 11.-11.5 mm.. .44-.46 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
A male and female specimen in my collection. The absence of
all wing markings permits its easy recognition.
KPICiSRITIA gen. n.
Differs from Pujritia by the rudimentary lal^ial palpi in both
sexes; their base surrounded by bristly hairs. Male. — Jt)ints dis-
tinct, subequal, terminal very slender. Female. — Joints less defina-
ble, concealed by bristly hair. Face strongly retracted. In the
male the alternate antenual joints project beneath at the distal end.
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. Ill
giving a subserrulate appearance * Veins 4 and 5 of fore wing are
short stemmed in pallidotindella, longer stemmed in Heidemannella.
The two species are thus distinguished.
Basal space limited externally by a straight oblique line (PI. VII, fig. 8).
pallidotinctella.
Basal space angulate externally (PI. VII, fig. 9) Heideinannella.
E. pallidotinctella sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. R).— Thorax, head and eye-caps
tawny, tinged with pale fuscous, eye-caps, with darker fuscous scales; antennaj
pale fuscous, with indistinct paler annulations. Labial palpi fuscous, terminal
joint blackish, second and terminal joints more or less concealed by long, dark,
ochreous, bristly hairs of the first joint: joints less distinct in the female. Fore
wings moderately elongate; costa feebly convex; ground color pale yellowish;
costa dark brown, more marked toward the base, basal space paler than rest of
surface, very thinly dusted with pale brownish scales, an oblique dark brown
fascia from one-third of dorsal margin to two-fifth of costa, shar])ly defined and
straight towards the base, illdefined outwardly, beyond the fascia is a subtrian-
gular area, thinly dusted with brown, containing two well defined dots at end of
cell and an elongate spot on the fold immediately below ; towards the apex, this
space is limited by an irregular, dark fuscous line ; apical part more densely
dusted with dark fuscous scales, an aggregation of paler scales at extreme apex.
Cilia pale greyish -stramineous, with 4 or 5 irregular and indistinct, paler lines.
Hind wings greyish fuscous, cilia concolorous. Dorsal segments 1-2 of abdomen
seneo-fu.scous, remaining part dark fuscous. Under side of body and legs silvery
grey, tinged with luteous; anterior legs and out side of middle and hind legs
more or less fuscous, tarsal joints tipped with pale at the apex ; under side of
wings fuscous.
Expanse 10. mm.. .40 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
Three specimens taken the latter part of July, each in a different
year.
E. Heideinannella sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 9). — Head and eye-caps dark och-
reous fuscous, with purple reflections; anterior part of thorax dark purplish fus-
cous, posterior part and abdomen above tawny fuscous. Antennae pale fuscous,
with indistinct darker annulations above. Labial palpi extremely small, fuscous,
terminal joint darker. Fore wings elongate, ochreous, with dark brown dusting;
costa dark fuscous, purplish towards the base; basal square limited externally
by an angulated line at one-third the wing length, the dorsal extremity of which
is a little nearer the base than the costal end, very thinly dusted with broYH
scales, rest of wing thickly dusted with dark brown scales; two dots at end of
cell and a short dash immediately below on the fold. Cilia grey, costal and
apical cilia dusted. with dark brown and pale scales. Hind wings silver grey,
cilia concolorous. Under side of body and legs ochreous, abdomen, fore legs, out
side of middle and hind legs brownish fuscous; tarsal joints tipped with pale at
* Not much importance can be ascribed to this character, as it occurs in some
other species, and at times semi-laterally.
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J12 AVM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
apex. Last two ventral segments of abdomen clothed with bright fulvous scales
in the female.
Expanse 9.-10. mm., .36-. 40 inch.
Hab. — Sulphur Springs, Bedford Co., Pa.
Seven specimens in poor condition received from Mr. A. Busck,
Washington, D. C, who informs us that the specimens were taken
on Norway Fir {Abies excelm) by Mr. Otto Heidemann, the well
known Hemipterist, to whom it gives me pleasure to dedicate this
species.
PSEUDOPIORITIA gen. n.
Characters of Plgritia with vein 9 of fore wing out of 7. Labial
palpi of $ very minute, indistinct; porrect and distinct in the
female. Obscure looking forms. The four species recognized are
distinguished as follows :
Fuscous; fore wings with distinct transverse fascia.
With three dark dorsal spots beyond the fascia (PI. VII, fig. 10).
dorMoiiiaculella.
Without such spots.
Fascia at one-third the wing length eqiiitella.
Fascia at fully two-fifths vi'l. VII, fig. 11) f rateriiella.
Silver grey ; fascia indistinct ar^fyreolla.
P. doriiioniaciilelia sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 10). — Thorax ashen grey, with
brassy lustre, head and antennal eye-caps tawny ochreous, brassy, anteunse fus-
cous brown, indistinctly annulate with pale. Male. — Labial palpi very short,
stout, greyish ochreous, second joint dusted with fuscous beneath, terminal very
short. Female. — Distinct, darker, fuscous, joints 2-3 equal, terminal pointed.
Ground color of fore wings ashen grey, overlaid with fuscous scales, costa not
markedly darker; a pale, curved band at two-fiths the wing-length, ill-defined
and passing into the ground color within, externally margined by a distinct,
dark brown line; immediately beyond this fascia is a dark fuscous, dorsal spot,
another midway between the fascia and apex, and a third spot midway between
the second spot and the apex of the wing, these three spots are equidistant from
each other; an illdefined costal patch peyond beginning of costal cilia, and some
darker dusting along the costa preceding it; cilia greyish fuscous. Hind wings
greyish, dusted with fuscous; cilia c(mcolorous. Under side: thorax and femora
silvery ; abdomen fuscous, legs fuscous brown, middle and hind legs pale ochreous
within ; both wings brownish fuscous, shining.
Expanse 10.5-11. mm., .42-. 44 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
A male and female specimen in my collection. Readily distin-
guished by the curved fascia and three dorsal spots of fore wing.
P. eqiiitella sp. n. — Thorax, head and eye-caps tawny, with a feeble
aeneous lustre. Male. — Labial palpi very short, tawny ochreous. Female. — Dis-
tinct, dusted with fuscous, joints 2-3 equal, third joint acuminate. Antennae
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 113
brownish fuscous. Fore wings elongate, fuscous brown, with a feeble purple lus-
tre in some light, inclining to brassy towards the base; extreme costa dark fus-
cous; a pale fascia at two-fifths the wing length, becoming ditfused towards the
base, externally shaded by an illdefined, darker band ; two dark spots at end of
cell; external half of wing sprinkled with white scales. Cilia greyish fuscous,
sprinkled at their base with white and fuscous scales. Hind wings gi'ey, fuscous
towards the apex ; cilia concolorous, stramineous at their base near the apex.
Dorsal segments 1-2 of abdomen tawny, with brassy lustre, rest fuscous. Under
side of body silvery, tinged with pale ochreous, anterior legs and out side of mid-
dle and hind legs fuscous, latter silvery within ; tarsal joints tipped with pale
at the apex ; fore wings fuscous brown, hind wings silver grey.
Expanse 10.-12. mm., .40-48 inch.
Hah. — Hazleton, Fa.
P. fraternella sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 11).— Thorax silver grey, with feeble
ochreous tinge ; head and antennal eye-caps ochreous tawny, shining ; autennte
dark fuscous, with very indistinct annulations. Male. — Labial palpi very short,
fuscous, terminal joint very minute. Ground color of fore wings greyish, over-
laid with fuscous scales ; basal space a little paler than the rest of the wing ; basal
half of costa dark fuscous. A pale, transverse fascia just before the middle, grad-
ually passing into the ground color within, externally to and adjoining it a dis-
tinct, dark fuscous band, the latter occupies almost the middle of the wing
length : outer half of wing rather densely dusted with fuscous; two dots at end
of cell ; cilia grey. Hind wings and cilia greyish fuscous. Abdomen above grey-
ish fuscous, segments 1-2 brassy tawny. Under side: thorax, femora, middle
and hind legs within silvery, tinged with ochreous fuscous; out side of legs
brownish fuscous; tarsal joints pale at their apex; fore wings fuscous, hind
wings a little paler.
Expanse 9.5 mm., .38 inch.
Hah. — Hazleton, Pa.
A single male specimen ; the transverse fascia is farther removed
from the base than in the two preceding species.
P. argyreella sp. n. — Silvery white, tipped with ochreous; antennal eye-
caps tawny ochreous, rest of antennae brownish. Male. — Labial palpi very short,
oclireous, tinged with fuscous. Fore wing elongate, tinged with ochreous, espe-
cially along the costa and apical part of wing. At two-fifths the wing length is
an illdefined transverse paler fascia. Two not very distinct pale fuscous dots at
end of cell ; immediately beyond the pale fascia, more aggregated darker scales,
especially marked at the dorsal margin ; cilia greyish. Hind wings and cilia
tinged with pale fuscous. Abdomen above tinged with fuscous. Under side of
body and legs tinged with pale ochreous fuscous: wings pale fuscous.
Expanse 11. mm., .44 inch.
Hah. — Hazleton, Pa.
A male specimen in my collection. Distinguished from the pre-
ceding species by its much paler coloration and more elongate fore
wings.
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114 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
DKYOFE Cham.
^Ir. Chambers (Can. Ent., Vol. VI, p. 50) characterizes this
genus as follows: "Primaries hinceohite, the costa enters the margin
about the middle, discal cell narrow and closed by a nearly straiglit
discal nervure. The subcostal sends off a long curved branch from
about its middle, and which attains the margin behind the end of
the cell. From the end of the cell the subcostal bends somewhat
obliquely upwards to*the costal margin. The median is furcate
from the end of the cell, both branches being short and bending
somewhat suddenly downwards to the dorsal margin, the inner
branch being straight and continuous with the discal vein. The
discal vein emits fiv^e branches, the superior going to the costal mar-
gin, the next furcate before the tip, with one of the branches to
each margin ; the three others go to the dorsal margin. Secondaries
nari'owly lanceolate, costal vein short, subcostal very long, simple,
attaining the costal margin near the tij) ; cell unclosed ; median
vein with three nearly equidistant branches. No discal vein, but
an independent branch which arises near the median and attains
the dorsal margin before the apex."
The other characters given are those of the group, except the
labial palpi, which he correctly describes as " short, porrected,
densely scaled, almost tufted beneath," and to which I have only to
add that these organs are about equally developed in both sexes.
Mr. Chamber's statement " the discal vein (fore wing) emits five
branches, the superior going to the costal margin, the next furcate
before the tip, with one of the branches to each margin, etc., is not
correct, the lower branch (vein 7) goes to the tip. Cell of hind
wing closed between veins 6 and 7
In some males the tufting of the second palpal joints projects
beyond its apex beneath and in conjunction with the shorter, slen-
der, terminal one, gives the palpi a somewhat bifid appearance. In
the female the terminal joint is shorter, cone shaped and slightly
depressed or drooping. The face is rather strongly retracted,
smooth scaled, the scales never spreading but rather concurrent to a
point above the base of the tongue. Head closely appressed to the
thorax.
The species resemble each other closely with few exceptions. The
basal space, well defined, extends to one- third or two-fifths the wing
length, and generally limited by a fascia, which may be entire or
merely indicated by a costal or dorsal patch, more rarely entirely
obsolete.
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The species may be sepai-ated as follows :
Foi-e wings with straight, transverse fascia at two-fifth ; scales black and white
(PI. VII, fig. 14) occideutella.
Fascia, when present, angulate or interrupted.
A dash on the fold and stigmata distinct.
Ground color of fore wings pale, grayish white to grayish fuscous.
Fascia augulate, entire tenebrella.
Fascia interrupted or obsolete.
Fascia oblique, irregular (PI. VII, fig. 15) minuivella.
Fascia transverse, interrupted (PI. VII, fig. 12) grisella.
Ground color of fore wings yellow or ochreous.
Markings distinct.
Without distinct spot in middle of foi-e wing.
Pale grayish yellow, markings very pronounced, dark brownish fus-
cous (PI. VII, fig. 13) fiiscosuflusella.
Markings less distinct, reddish fuscous.
Ochreous, larger, a dorsal patch at two-fifth. . . .ochroconielia.
Pale canary-yellow ; a dash in middle of fold (PI. VII, fig. 17).
caiiariella.
A spot in middle of fore wing (PI. VII, fig. 16). • .(liscopiiiietella.
Fore wings without markings, stigmata obsolete.
Fore wings ochreous, hind wings pale, greyish ochreous; larger.
ochreella.
Both wings pale canary -yellow ; size small Feiiyesella.
D. occideutella sp. u. (PI. VII, fig. 14). Female.— Thorax, abdomen,
head and antennal eye-caps dull greyish fuscous. Labial palpi blackish fuscous
and very short, terminal joint miuute; fore wings narrowed towards the apex
equally from both margins; general color steel grey, the s(!ales being black and
white in approximately equal proportion ; costal half of base tinged with yellowish
fuscous; basal two-fifths of wing a little paler than the rest and limited by a narrow,
whitish band, straight and at a right angle to the margins, externally this white
band is edged by a line of raised, blackish scales; costa from fascia to apex, dark
fuscous or blackish ; two blackish dots at end of cell ; cilia greyish fuscous. Hind
wings greyish fuscous, sprinkled with pale scales towards the :.pex, cilia greyish
stramineous. Under side of body creamy white, speckled with pale fuscous.
Legs fuscous, middle and hind pair creamy white within. Under side of fore
wings dark fuscous, indistinctly sprinkled with paler scales, hind wings a shade
paler.
Expanse 10. mm., .40 inch.
Hab. — Kaweah, Cal.
A single female specimen ; a distinct species. The raised scales
on the fore wings of this species I have not observed in any other
of the group. This character, together with the unusually .short
palpi and the entire fascia of fore wing, make this an aberrant
species of the genus.
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116 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
D. teiiebrella sp. n. — General aspect a jiieyisli fuscons, willi very little
lustre. Head and antennal eye-cai)s a trifle paler, tinged with ochreous and
speckled with pale scales. Lahial palpi fuscous, darker and very short in the
male, a trifle long:er in the female, terminal Joint slightly depressed in both sexes.
Fore wings brownish fuscous, costa somewhat convex, dark fuscou,s towards the
base ; basal space a little paler than rest of wing, limited externally by a darker
angulated fascia, the ends of which are at one-third from the base, a clouded
space in the fold and anal angle darker; externally, the fascia fades irregularly
into the general color of the wing ; two somewhat elongate dots at end of cell and
a third one below these near end of fold and less distinct; apical part of wing
and adjoining cilia thinly sprinkled with white scales; cilia greyish fuscous, hind
wings greyish fuscous, cilia greyish stramineous. Under side: body and legs
silvery grey, tinged with ochreous, out side of legs fuscous, ends of tarsal joints
paler; fore wings brownish fuscous, hind wings silvery gray.
Expanse 12.-13. mm., .48-.52 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa.
A dull and obscure looking species. Two males and one female
in my collection.
D. luiniiiceila sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 1.5). — Thorax silvery grey, with slight
ochreous tinge, head and eye-caps greyish fuscous, tinged with ochreous. Male. —
Labial palpi ochreous fuscous, terminal joint acuminate. Ground color of fore
wings silvery grey, tinged with ochreous towards the base and dusted with
brownish fuscous scales ; extreme costa dark fuscous, more pronounced towards
the base; an irregular, broken, oblique line or fascia extending from one-third of
dorsal margin to the middle of the costa, an illdefined costal patch before the
fascia, basal space sprinkled with brownish fuscous scales and aggregated into a
dash on the fold ; apical part more densely overlaid with fuscous and with the
adjoining cilia sprinkled witt^ white scales; two short dashes at end of cell, above
these an irregular costal dot; apical third of dorsal margin with three equidis-
tant, dark fuscous dots ; cilia mouse-grey, hind wings pale greyish fuscous,
cilia concolorous, with stramineous tinge. Abdomen above and beneath silvery
grey. Under side of thorax and inside of middle and hind legs silvery, with
ochreous tinge, rest of legs fuscous brown, mottled with paler; end of tarsal
joints indistinctly paler.
Expanse 10. mm., .40 inch.
Hab. — Forsyth, Georgia.
Five males, all with exception of one in poor condition. A dis-
tinct species, not closely related to any other. Named in honor of
Miss Minnie Jack, who collected the specimen for me.
D. grisella sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 12). — Thorax, head and eye-caps greyish
fuscous, with ochreous tinge and feeble lustre. Labial palpi (^ and J) ashy
grey, terminal joint acuminate, minute, more distinct in the female: antennse
fuscous, with indistinct pale annulations. Ground color of fore wings ashen
grey, with brownish markings; extreme (rosta dark fuscous, more so towards the
base: a triangular costal, and on opposite subquadrate dorsal patch at one-third
from the l>ase and indistinctly coalescing externally; base more densely dusted,
a cloudy patch on the fold witliin the basal space, the latter extends as a small
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTEHA. 117
triangle between the above mentioned costal and dorsal patches; outer half of
wiug more densely dusted with brownish fuscous. Stigmata at end of cell very
distinct, a short dash immediately below on the fold ; a line, not sharply defined,
extends obliquely from beginning of costal cilia towards middle of wing before
the apes, reflected thence to the dorsal margin ; apical part of wing and adjacent
cilia sprinkled with white scales. Hind wings and cilia grey. Abdomen above
mouse-grey. Under side of body silvery ; legs more or less fuscous externally.
Fore wings fuscous, hind wings much paler.
Expanse 12.-13. mm., 48.-52. inch.
Hab.—Fsi. ; Mo. ; S. Dak.
Markings of fore wings almost identical with ochrocoviella and
fuscosuffusella, from both of which it differs by the different ground
color of fore wings. A well-marked specimen in the National
Museum collection, No. 743, is without locality label.
D. fuscosuffusella sp, n. (PI. VII, fig. 13).— Thorax, abdomen above,
head and antennal eye-caps pale greyish ochreous, with feeble lustre. Labial
palpi ochreous, dusted with fuscous, terminal joint minute, dark fuscus in the
male, more distinct and not darker in the female ; antennas fuscous. Fore wings
ochreous, with dark fuscous dusting and shadings; costa dark fuscous from the
base, an elongate triangular costal patch at one-third ; dorso-basal space and a
quadrate dorsal patch dark fuscous, the latter a triflle nearer the base than the
opposite costal one, both these patches shade off gradually externally ; basal
space limited externally by a straight line, broken and interrupted in the
middle, conspicuously dusted with white scales outwardly, especially before the
quadrate basal patch ; outer part of wiug mottled with paler and while scales,
especially in dorsal half of wing ; stigmata illdefined ; cilia greyish. Hind wings
pale greyish, tinged with fuscous, cilia greyish strartiiineous. Under side: body
and middle and hind legs within silvery, tinged wicii ochreous, rest more or less
fuscous; fore wings pale fuscous, hind wings silvery white.
Expanse 10.-11.5 mm., .40-.46 inch.
fia6.— Missouri (St. Louis).
A male and female si)ecimen in my collection.
The white dusting of fore wings less pronounced in the female.
Two other specimens in my collection have the outer two thirds of
fore wings densely dusted with dark fuscous; costo-dorsal patches
not defined, white scale dusting absent. However, do not feel war-
ranted to consider them specifically distinct.
D. ochroeomella Clem.— Ochreous: head, eye-caps, thorax and abdomen
above paler. Labial palpi pale ochreous, terminal joint dusted with fuscous, not
depressed. Fore wings ochreous, costa and adjoining space brownish fuscous, a
small, semi-oval costal spot at two-fifths, and on opposite larger dorsal patch of
the same color; apical part of wing and adjacent cilia dusted with brownish and
a sprinkling of very small whitish scales; two fuscous dots at end of cell and a
short dash immediately below on the fold; cilia pale greyish ochreous. Hind
wings pale grey, washed with pale fuscous, cilia greyish stnmiineous. Under
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118 WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
side: tliorax and fVinoni silvi-iy white; abdomen and legs greyish ochreous,
spotted with fuscous externally ; fore wings fuscous, liiud wings greyish fuscous.
Expanse 11. 12. nun., .44-.4S inch.
Hab.-Fa.; Nev. ; Tex.; Kan.; N.J.
Closely allied' to the preceding species; from fmcosuffuseila it
differs by the costo dorsal patches being equidistant from the base;
from grisella in difference of coloration. Drijope murtjeldtella Clem.,
the type of the genus, is a synonym.
D. canariella sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 17). — Thorax, head and eye-caps ochre-
ous, slightly dusted with pale fuscous. Labial palpi ochreous, terminal joint
dark fuscous. Fore wings a pale, sordid yellow, dusted with reddish brown
scales; costa towards the base dark fuscous; a dark patch on the fold at two-fifths'
the wing length, not attaining the dorsal margin , au indistinct whitish band at
one-third and angulated externally. Hind wings silver gray; cilia of both wings
stramineous. Under side of body and legs cream yellow ; abdomen, fore legs, out
side of middle and hind legs more or less fuscous; fore wings fuscous, hind
wings paler.
Expanse 10. mm., .42 inch.
Hab. — Sonoma Co., Cal.
A male specimen in my collection. Quite distinct. Identified by
Lord Walsingham as P. ochreella Clem., but tlie author of this spe-
cies describes it "fore wings immaculate."
D. discopunctella sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 16). — Greyish ochreous; thorax,
patagia, occiput and middle of face, fuscous. Labial palpi transversely striolate
with fuscous. Fore wings dusted with fuscous scales more densely along the
costa and apical portion, former more so towards the base. At two-fifths of the
wing length is an illdefined slightly curved fascia of aggregated darker scales;
basal space a trifle paler, with a cloudy patch on the fold ; about the middle of
the wing is a fuscous dot a little nearer the costa than the dorsal margin; two
dots at end of cell ; cilia pale grey, dusted at their base with fuscous scales. Hind
wings grey, with fuscous dusting, cilia pale grey. Under side: body pale greyish
ochreous; fore legs and outer side of middle and hind legs, dusted with fuscous;
tarsal joints faintly annulate with pale at their apex; fore wings fuscous, hind
wings paler.
Expanse 12. mm., .48 inch.
Hab. — Hazleton, Pa,
A single female specimen. Distinguished from the other species
of the grou}) by the fuscous spot of middle of fore wing.
D. ochreella Clem. — Ochreous; antennte reddish brown, labial palpi och-
reous, dusted with brownish scales; terminal joint pointed, nearly as long as the
second in the female. Fore wings dusted with reddish scales, more densely in
apical portion; costa reddish fuscous; no other nuirkings. Hind wings and cilia
of both wings with ochreous tinge. Under side of body and legs ochreous, the
latter and abdomen dusted with reddish fuscous.
Expanse lO.-ll. mm., .40-. 44 inch.
AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 119
Hab. — Pa. (Hazleton) ; Tex.; Alabama; S. Dak.
Distinguished from the preceding species by the absence of wing
markings and from the following by its larger size, more ochreous
color and darker antennae.
D. Fenyesella sp. n. — Pale sulphur yellow, head a little more ochreous.
Antenna} faintly annulate, with ochreous. Labial palpi compressed, terminal
joint slender, dusted with fuscous. Fore wings bright sulphur yellow, especially
in costal half of wing; costa orange red, interrupted at two-fifths, immediately
beyond this interruption is a small costal patch; a pale, indistinct, transverse
fascia at two-fifths, more distinct in costal half; along the base of the costal cilia
the wing is more deeply orange; cilia yellow, thinly sprinkled with orange
colored scales. Hind wings and cilia sulphur yellow. Abdomen slightly tinged
with reddish. Under side of body and wings ochreous ; legs dusted with brown-
ish scales on the out side.
Expanse 7.5 mm., .30 inch.
Hab. — Pomona, Cal.
A male specimen in my collection. Our smallest species. It
gives me pleasure to name this species in honor of my friend, Dr. A.
Fenyes, of Pomona, Cal., who, with many other Microlepidoptera,
collected the type of this species for me.
Unrecognized species.
Blastobasis ? anrugella Zell. (Beitrage Zweite Abtheilung, p. 300).
The. type is said to be in the collection of the Peabody Acad. Sci.,
Salem, Mass. Lord Walsingham (Notes on Tineidse of North
America, 1882, p. 190) refers this species to Pigritia laticapitella.
As I have not seen any form which agreed with the description, as
given by Prof Zeller, and have not as yet had the opportuity to see
the type, I shall at this time merely transcribe the original descrip
tion and trust to the future for an opportunity to see and examine
the type.
"Minuta, antennis crassiuseulis, supra articulum basalem squamis ampliatum
nou excisis; alls ant. cinereis, fascia obscura past strigam albidam leviter frac-
tam, puncto nigro grasso in fascia punctisquo duobus gemiuatis vense transversfe
oigris; post, lineari-lanceolatis. % ."
LIST OF SPECIES.
PL.OIOPHORA. gen. n.
1. P. ampla sp. n.
2. P. fidella sp. n.
PIGRITIA Clem.
1. P. confusella sp. n.
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2.
P. purpurella sp. n.
3.
P. basil orel la sp. n.
4.
P. laticapitella Clem. (ed. Staint.,
p. 136).
5.
P. mediofasciella sp. n.
6.
P. ornatella sp. n.
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7. P. angustipeuuella sp. n.
8. P. tristella sp. n.
9. P. spoliatella sp. n.
10. P. arizoiiella sp. u.
11. obscurella sp. n.
EFIGRITIA geu. u.
1. E. pallidotinctella sp. u.
2. E. Heidemannella sp. n.
PSEIJDOFIGRITIA gt
1. P. dorsomaculella sp. n.
2. P. equitella sp. n.
3. P. frateruella sp. n.
4. P. ai-gyieella sp. n.
DRYOPE Cham.
1. D. occidentalis sp. n.
2. D. tenebrella sp. n.
3. D. miniiieella sp. n.
4. D. grisella sp. n.
5. D. fuscosuflFusella sp. n.
6. D. ochroconiella Clem. (ed. Stain.,
p. 332).
D. murtfeldtella Cham. (Can. Eut.,
Vol. VI, p. 50).
7. D. canariella sp. u.
8. D. discopunctella sp. n.
9. D. ochreella Clem. (ed. Stain, p. 333)
10. D. Fenyesella sp. n.
Unrecognised species.
Blastobasis ? aufugella Zell. (Beitrage.
Abth., ii, 1873, p. 309).
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI.
Fore wing of Ploiophora ampla.
" " " fidella ; 2a, labial palpi of %; 26, labial palpi of J;
2c, head of % , seen from before, showing frontal fossa.
Fore wing of Pigritia htticapitelJa ; 3a, venation of same ; 36, venation of hind
wing ; 3c, labial palpus of % ; labial palpus of 9 ■
Labial jialpns of Pigritia eonfiiseUa.
Fore wing of Pigritia mediofasciella.
" " " basilorella.
" " " ornatella.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII.
8. Fore wing of Epigritia pallidotinctella , 8a, labial palpus % ; 86, labial palpus 9 •
9. " " " Heidemannella.
10. " " Pseudopigritia dorsomaculella ; 10a, venation of same.
11. " '' " fraternella.
12. " " Dri/ope grisella; 12a, venation; 126, bibial palpus of %\ 12c,
labial palpus of 9 •
13. Fore wing of Dryope fuscosuffusella.
14. " " '' occidentella.
1.5. " " " minnieella.
16. " " " discopunctella.
17. " " " canariella.
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SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 121
A CATALOGUE OF THE DIPTERA OF
SOUTH AMERICA.
BY W. D. HUNTER, U. S. EXPERIMENT STATION, AMES, IOWA.
Part II, Honiodactyla aud Myd'fti/d£e.*
Section Brachycera.
Tribe Platygena.
Group HOMODACTYL.A.
Superfaniily Notacantha.
Family STRATIOMYID^.
ACTINA.
Meigen, Klass. i, 117, xxvi, p. 1804.
elegans Schiuer, Dipt. Novara. 71.— Chile.
AMPHILECTA.
Brauer, Notacaiithen, 1882 ?
superba Brauer, Zweiflg. K. Mus. Wien., ii, 80, 86. Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit.,
xxviii, 1884, 171.— Brazil.
HETERACANTHIA.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl., iv, i, 347, 1849.
ruflcornis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 44, pi. v, f. 2. Schiner, Dipt. Novara,
71. — •Colombia.
CHORISOPS.
Rond. Dipt. Exot. 1864, 88.
Philippi Eond. Dipt. Exot. 88.— Chile.
BERIS.
Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. xiv, 340, 1804.
albitarsis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 175. — Colombia,
ceerulescens Schiuer, Dipt. Novara 71. — Colombia.
flavispinosa Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 58. — "Amerique nieridiouale."
Guerinii Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 176, pi. v, f. 4. — "America meridionalis."
long-icornis Phil. chil. Dipt. 731. — Chile,
luctifera Phil. chil. Dipt. 729.— Chile,
luteiventris Phil. chil. Dipt. 731. — Chile,
maculipennis Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 400. Phil. chil. Dipt. 729.—
Chile,
mexicana Bellardi, Ditt. Mess, i, 20, pi. i, f. 6. Roud. Dipt. Exot. 87 {OpJacaii-
tha). Ostcn Sacken, Cat. 1878; id. Dipt. Biol. C. A. i, 41. Giglio Tos,
Ditt. Mess. 1, 4.
» Part I was published in these Transactions, Vol. XXVI, 1900. pp. 260-298.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (16) DECEMBER, 1900.
122 W. D. HUNTER.
Beris bellnla Will. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xv. 245 (Giglio-Tos). — Rio Janeiro,
Mexico,
modesta Phil. chil. Dipt. 730.— Chile.
pulchella Will. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 245. — Chapada in Brazil,
sexspinosa Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 174, pi. v, f. 1 (Diphysa). Osten Sacken,
Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1882, 371.— Brazil,
thoracica Phil. chil. Dipt. 730.— Chile,
trichonota Phil. chil. Dipt. 730. — Chile.
tricolor Wied. Anss. zw. Ins. i, 83, 575. Loew, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1846, 305.— Brazil,
valdiviana (Olachantha) Rond. Dipt. Exot. 88. — Chile,
viridiventris Phil. chil. Dipt. 731. — Chile.
HADRESTIA.
Thomson, Dipt. Eugenies Resa, 453, 1868.
eenea Thorn. 1. c. 454, pi. ix, f. 3. F. Lynch A. Cat. 125 (17). — Patagonia.
EXAIRETA.
Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 71, 1868.
eupodata Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 198. — Chile,
hyacinthina Bigot, Di])t. Nouv. xvi, 1H77, 199. — Chile,
long^icornis Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 73. — Chile.
Philippi Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 199.— Chile.
S ARGUS.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 566, 1798.
armatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 29.
bispinosus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 32, pi. vii, f. 6, a, h. — Brazil.
brasUiensis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 37. -Brazil,
clavatus Walk. List v, 93. Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 41. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A.
Dipt, i, 41. — Para, Mexico.
claviventris Rond. Oss. Esap. Ditt. 190. — Venezuela,
coarctatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 263, pi. xxv, f. 2. Walk. List v, S. i, 92.
Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 249. Giglio-Tos, Ditt. Mess, i, 26.— Brazil,
Chile, Mexico.
Falleni Perty, Del. Aniin. Art. Bras. 184, pi. xxxvii, f. 1. — Brazil,
fasciatus Fahr. Syst. Antl. 259. 15. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 33. — Brazil,
hirticornis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 28. — Brazil,
hortulanus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 32. — Brazil,
inermis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 31, pi. vii, f. 7. — Brazil,
lucens Loew, Centur. vii, 11. Will. Dipt. 299. — St. Vincent, Cuba.
Macquartii Perty, Del. Anim. Art. Bras. 185, pi. xxxvii, f. 2. — Brazil,
macula Fabr. Syst. Antl. 258, 12. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 40. — South America,
melleus Rond. Esame Ins. Ditt. Bras. 44. — Brazil,
nig-er Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 52, 17; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 28. — Brazil,
notatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 34. ^Brazil,
obscurus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 35. — Brazil,
petiolatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1, 206. — Rio Janeiro,
stamineus Fahr. Syst. Antl. 253, 19 (.Scjera staminea). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii,
39. — South America.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 123
tseniatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. li, 37. — Brazil.
testaceus Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 338, 109 (Miisca elongata) ; id. Sy.st. Antl. 257, 6.
Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 356. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 205. Eond. Esame
Ditl. Bras. 43.— Brazil,
thoracicus Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 260. Will. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 248.—
Chapada in Brazil ; South America,
violaceus Jaeuuicke, Exot. Dipt. 326.— Brazil.
ACHROC.S3TA.
Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii. 42, 1830.
elegans Perty, Del. Anim. Art. Bras. 184, pi. xxxvi, f. 15.— Brazil,
fasciata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 42, pi. ix, f. 3. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 260. Walk.
List V, Suppl. i, 68. Loew, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. 1855, 147. Giglio-
Tos, Ditt. Mess. 1, 16.— Brazil, Mexico.
MACROSARGUS.
Bigot, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr. 1877 (Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 225, n. n. pro. Pedicella Bigot,
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1856, 63.
ruflbasis Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 225.— America meridionalis.
tenuiventris Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 225. — "Amazonia."
PTECTICUS.
Loew, Veib. Zool. Bot. Ges. 1855.
afiHnis Scbiner Dipt. Novara 65. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 248. — S. America.
Chapada in Brazil.
conopsoides Scbiner, Dipt. Novara 66. — Colombia.
illustris Schiner, Dipt. Novara 64.
tenuis Schiner, Dipt. Novara 66.— Colombia.
testaceus Fabr. Syst. Antl. 257, 6 (Sargus). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 35, 15 (.S'ar-
gus). Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1. 203; id. Suppl. i, 57. Bellardi, Ditt.
Mess, i, 45. Eond. Studi Ent. i, 103. Walk. List iii, 517, v, 91. Schiner,
Dipt. Novara 64. Osten Sacken, Dipt. Biol. C. A. i, 42. F. Lynch A.
Cat. 125 (17). Giglio-Tos, Ditt. Mess, i, 23. Wnlp, Tijdschr. Ent. 1882,
156. — Brazil, Guiana, America meridionalis, Mexico, Africa?
HOPLISTBS.
Macq. Suit. Buff. 1855.
bispinosus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 199, pi. xxiii, f. 2. — Brazil,
hortulanus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 32 {Sargiis). Schiner, Dipt. Novara 70. Will-
Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 251.— Eio Janeiro.
RAPHIOCBRA.
Macq. Suit. Buff. 1834.
armata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 1, 29 (Sargns). Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1. 200, pi.
xxiv, f. 2; id. Suppl. i, 182. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 70. Will. Tr. Am.
Ent. Soc. XV, 251. — Brazil,
mipartita Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 182, pi. vi, f. 1.— Col9nibia.
ornata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 183, pi. vi, f. 2.— New Granada.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DECEMBEK, 1900.
124 W. D. HUNTER.
BASENTIDBMA.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 1, 201, 1838.
syrphoides Macq. Dipt. Exot. Siippl., i, 1, 201, pi. xxiv, f. 3.— Brazil.
RHINGIOPSIS.
Roeder, Eiit. Nacli. xii, 137, 1886.
rostrata Wied. Anss. zw. Ins. ii, 68 {i^trntiomys). Macq. Dipt. i. 249; id. Dipt.
Exot. i. 1, 186, pi. xxii, f. 4a, h (Odontomyia). Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc.
XV, 255. — Brazil,
tau Roeder, Ent. Nach. xii, 138. — Rio Janeiro.
HISTIODROMA.
Schiner, Dipt. Novara 68, 1868.
inermis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 31 {^nrgiis), pi. vii, f. 7. Schiner, Dipt. Novara
70. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 251.— Rio Janeiro.
CACOSIS.
Walker, Ins. Saund. ii, 83, 1851.
grandis Schiner, Dipt. Novara 67. — South America.
nigra Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 52, 17; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 28 (%)-y«s). Walker,
Dipt. Saund. ii, 84, pi. iii, f. 1. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 67. Will. Tr.
Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 248. — Rio Janeiro.
CHRYSOCHLORA.
Latreille, Fam. Nat. 1825. Macq. Dii>t. Exot. i, 1, 198. Loew Verb. Zool. Bot.
Ges. 1855.
castanea Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 202, pi. x.xv, f. 1. Eond. Esame Ins. Bras. 43. —
Guina, Brazil,
maculiventris Rond. Oss. Esap. Ditt. 190. — Venezuela,
pluricolor Bigot, Dipt. Nonv. xvi, 1877, 209. — Brazil,
similis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 64. — "Amerique meridionale."
vespertilio Fabr. Syst. Antl. 259, 14 {Slargns). Wied. Anss. zw. Ins. ii, 29 (Sar-
gus). Schiner, Dipt. Novara 67. Will. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 246. —
Brazil,
sp. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 247.— Brazil.
PELAGOMYIA.
Will. Manual N. A. Dipt. 48. 1896.
albitalus Will. Dipt. St. Vincent, 299, pi. x, f. 75.— St. Vincent.
CHRYSONOTOMYIA.
Nom. nov. for Chryfioiiotus Loew Verli. Zool. Bot. Ges. 1855, preoccupied by Swain-
son, Nat. Hist, and Classification of Birds. 1837.
analis Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 251, Giglio Tos, Ditt. Mess, i, 24.— Chapada
in Brazil, Mexico,
dichrous Schiner, Dipt. Novara 62. — Columbia,
fulvithorax Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 228. — Amazonia,
splendens .Schiner, Dipt. Novara 62. — South America.
NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 125
MEBOSARGUS.
Loew, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. 1855.
antennatus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 6.3. — South America,
bituberculatus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 64. — South America,
cingulatus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 62. Giglio-Tos, Ditt. Mess, i, 18.
? Scwva sfaminea Fabr. Syst. Antl. 253, 19 (Giglio-Tos).
? Sargus stamineus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 39 (Gig;]io-Tos).
Sargus stamineus Walk. List iii, 517, et v, S. i, 92. Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 44, 8.
— South America,
festiva Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 250.— Rio Janeiro,
frontatus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 63. — Colombia,
gracilis Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 249. — Chapada in Brazil.
DICRANOPHORA.
Macq. Suit. Buff. 1834.
afanis Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 251.— Rio Janeiro,
astuta Will. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 250. — Brazil,
furcifer Wied. Anal. Ent. 31, 40, f. 10; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 38, pi. vii, f. o.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 199; id. Suppl. ii, 1, 47. — Rio Janeiro,
picta Macq. Hist. Xat. Dipt, i, 255; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 196, pi. xxiv, f. 1. Will.
Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 250.— Brazil.
HBRMETIA.
Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiv, 338. 1804.
albitarsis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 63, 4. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 24, pi. vii, f. 4. Macq.
Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 177. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 70. Rondani, Esame
Ditt. Bra,s. 40. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 246.
? Hennetia Mmaculata Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. (Will.).
? Hermetia sexmaculafa Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. (Will.).
Hermetia planifrons Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 50.
— South America, Columbia, Yucatan,
apicalis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 25. Schiner,- Dipt. Novara 70. Will. Tr. Am.
Ent. Soc. xv,.246. — South America, Chapada in Brazil,
ceriog-aster Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv. 246. — Chapada in Brazil,
coarctata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 50, 2. Bellardi, Ditt. Mess. i. 24. Schiner.
Dipt. Novara 70. O. Sacken, Dipt. Biol. C. A. i, 32.— South America,
Mexico,
flavipes Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 26. Walk. List v, S. i, 21. et 304. Giglio-Tos^
Ditt. Mess, i, 11.
Sargus (Chrysochlora) andreas Walk. List iii, 515, et, Suppl. i, 304 (Giglio-Tos).
Chrysochlora andreas Walk. List v, S. i, 68.
— Brazil, Mexico,
geniculata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 61, pi. i, f. 9.— "Amerique meridionale."
illucens Linn. Syst. Nat. ii, 979, 2 (3£Hsca illucens et lencopa). De Geer, Ins. vi.
205, 3, pi. xxix, f. 8 (Nemotelus). Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, 327, 2 (Bibio); id.
Ent. Syst. iv, 253, 2 (Mydas) ; id. Syst. Antl. 62, 1 (Hermetia). Latreille,
Dipt. Host. Nat. xxiv, 194, 54; id. Hist. Nat. Crust, et. Ins. xiv. 338;
id. Gen. Crust, et. Ins. iv, 271. Lamarck, Hist. Anim. sans Vert, iii,
355. 2 {Xylophngus). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 22, 1, pi. vii, f. 3. Guerin
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DECEMBER, 1900.
126 W. D. HUNTKR.
et Percheron Gen. Dipt. pi. iv. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 228; id. Dipt.
Exot. i, 1, 177, pi. xxi, f. 2. Rond. Dipt. Oscul. 17. Schiner, Dipt.
Novara 70. Bigot R. de la Sagra, 799. Bellardi, Saggio, i, 26. Osten
Sacken, Cat. 1878, 46; id. Dipt. Biol. C. A. i, 32. Will. Tr. Am. Ent.
Soc. XV, 242; Dipt. St. Vincent 299. F. Lynch A. Cat. 126 (18). Wey-
enbergh, Apuntes auat. y biol. sobre gen. Hermetia, Period. Zool. i, 264-
275, pi. iv, v.— New York, Mexico, Cential America, St. Vincent, Rio
Janeiro, Buenos Aires,
pulchra Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 24. — Surinam,
rufitarsis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 177.— Colombia,
ruflventris Fabr. Syst. Antl. 63, 2. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 23. Rond. E.sanie
Ditt. Bras. 4. Walk. List v, 21. F. Lynch A. Cat. 126 (18). Wulp,
Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv. 154. — Bahia, Argentina,
scutellata Macq. Ditt. Exot. Suppl. v, 61. — South America,
varipennis Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 202. — Brazil.
ODONTOMYIA.
Meigeu, Klass. i, 128, 1804.
altifrons Wnlii, Tijdschr. Ent. xxxi, 363. — Argentina,
anchorata Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 216. — Chile,
araneifera Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 58. — Chile,
brevifacies Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 63. — South America,
bucephala Gerst. Exot. Strat. 326 {Stratiomyin) . F. Lynch A. Cat. 127 (19).—
Montevideo,
chloraspis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 68, 12. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 58. — Colombia,
clypeata Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 215. — Amazonia,
cruciata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 192. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Cliil. Zoo), vii. 402.
Phil. chil. Dipt. 732. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 58.— Chile,
elegans Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 191. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 401..
Phil. chil. Dipt. 732.— Chile,
fascifrons Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 354, pi. iii, f. 6. Phil. chil. Dipt. 732.
—Chile,
fenestrata Thorn. Dipt. I^ug. Resa, 455. F. Lynch A. Cat. 127 (19). — Buenos
Aires,
foveifrons Thorn. Dipt. Eug. Resa 458.— Rio .Faneiro.
heteroneura Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 190, pi. xxii, f. 3. — Brazil,
inermis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 71 (Straiiomi/ia). Gerst. Exot. Strat. 330. E.
Lynch A. Cat. 127 (9). — Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cassapawa.
limbipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 46. — "America."
maculifrons Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxxi, 364. — Cordoba in Argentina,
nidiceps Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxxi, 365. — Cordoba in Argentina,
obscuripes Thom. Dipt. Eug. Resa 457. — Puna,
pachycephala Schiner, Dipt. Novara 60. — Colombia,
pachyceps liigot. Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 215. — Para,
pallidiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 181. — Brazil,
peruviana Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 63. — Peru,
pulchra Wied. Anal. Ent. 28, 32; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii. 65, 6. Macq. Dipt. Exot.
i, 1, 190. Walk. List v, 46. Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi, 320 et 324. Schiner,
Di])t. Novara 57. F. i^ynch A. Cat. 127 (19). — 8. America, Brazil.
NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA, 127
stig-maticalis Thom. Dipt. Eug. Eesa 457. — Puna,
vittata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 357.— Brazil,
sp. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 256.— Brazil.
BLASTOCERA.
Gerstaecker, Linn. Ent. 1856.
speciosa Gerstaecker, Linn. Ent. xi, 342. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 257.—
Brazil.
SPYRIDOPA.
Gerstaecker, Linn. Ent. 1856, 344.
tarsalis Gerst. Exot. Strat. 345. — Brazil.
PANACRIS.
Gerstaecker, Linn. Ent. 1856.
lucida Gerstaecker, Linn. Ent. xi, 347. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 257.— Cay-
enne, Chapada.
LASIOPA.
Brulle, Exp. Moree iii, p. 307, 1832.
Cyclogaster Macq. Suit. Buff. 1834 (Scbiuer).
atrata Fabr. {Stratiomys). Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 197 (Cyclogaster). — S. America.
Paulsen! Phil. chil. Dipt. 732 (Cyclogaster). — Chile,
rubriceps Phil. chil. Dipt. 732 {Cyclogaster).— Chile.
vittata Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 155. — Argentina.
CYANAUGES.
Philippi, chil. Dipt. 732, 1865.
valdivianus Phil. chil. Dipt. 732.— Chile,
ruflcornis Schiner, Dipt. Novara 54. — Chile.
MICROCHRYSA.
Loew, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. 1855.
bicolor Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 41, 28 {Sargu.s). Schiner, Dipt. Novara 61.
Chrymmia rufiventris Macq. Suit. Buff. Dipt, i, 264, 5 (Schiner). — S. America,
dispar Schiner, Dipt. Novara 61. — South America.
C^NACANTHA.
Wulp, Notes, Leyden Mus. vol. vii, note, xiv, 58.
blpartita Wulp 1. c. 59. — Bogota.
STRATIOMYIA.
Stratiomys Geoffroy Hist. Nat. Ins. 11, 475, 1764.
Stratiomys amended Loew, Centur. v, 4, V. Johnson, Tr. Ent. Soc. xxii, 227.
chloraspis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 68. — Brazil.
conica Fabr. Syst. Antl. 81, 16. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 67.— S. America,
connexa Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 154. — Argentina,
cuprina Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 69. — Brazil.
dorsalis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 82, 20. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 66.— S. America,
fascipennis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 84, 26. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins, ii, 75.— S. America.
festiva Walk. List S. 1, 46, 63. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 61.— Colombia.
4-lineata Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 248. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 325.— Colombia.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DECEMBER, 1900.
128 \V. D. IIUNTEK.
leucopsis Wieil. Auss. zw. Iiis. 74. — Brnzil.
lineata Fabr. Syst. Antl. 83, 22. Wied. Auss. z\v. Ins. ii, 70. — S. America,
longifrons Bond. Esaine lus. Bras. 41. — Brazil,
melanopsis Wied. Aii.ss. z\v. lus. ii, 70. — Brazil.
mutabilis Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv, 2(>6 ; id. Syst. Antl. 81. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii,
63, pi. iv, f. (). Perty Anim. Art. Bras. 184, pi. xxsvi. f. 14. Walk.
List V, 42, ()]. Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi, 321. Bellardi, Ditt. Mess, i, 30.
Schiner, Dipt. Novara 61. Wiilp Ti.jdsclir. Ent. xxiv, 154. O. Sacken,
Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 37. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 256. Johnson, Tr.
Am. Ent. Soc. xxii, 243, pi. iv. f. 3.
I^tratiumys fasciata Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv, 266; id. Syst. Antl. 81 (male).
Acrochxtd nleua Walk. List iii, 526; v. 41.
Stratiomys mhalba Walk. List v, 41, 43.
? Sfratiomys subalba (Walk.) Bellardi, Ditt. Mess, i, 31. Osten Sacken, Biol.
C. A. Dipt, i, 37.
Siratiomyh serieeiventris Roud. Ditt. Bras. 102 (F. Lynch A.). — Mexico, Cen-
tral America, Corumha, Chapada, Caracas, Argentina,
pallipes Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 265, 12; id. Syst. Antl. 81, 93. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins.
ii, 76. — S. America ?
pellucida Rond. Esame Ditt. Bras. 41. — Brazil,
princeps Gerst. Exot. Strat. 321, pi. iii, f. 1. — Surinam,
pulchra WMed. Anal. Ent. 28, 32; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 65, pi. viii, f. 5. n, b.
Gerst. Exot. Strat. 324.— Brazil,
rostrata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 68. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 329.
Odontomyia rostrntn Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 186 (Gerstaecker).— Brazil,
velutina Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 213. — Chile,
virens Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 73. — Brazil.
AOCHLETUS.
Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 38, 1886.
bistriatus Will. Dipt. St. Vincent 300. pi. x, 76.— St. Vincent.
CYPHOMYIA.
Wied. Zool. Mag. i, 3, .5.5, 1819; id. Anal. Ent. 1824. Gerstaecker, Linn. Ent.
xi, 263.
aflBnis Gerstaecker, Exot. Strat. 289.-^ Venezuela.
» albitarsis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 80, 12 (Sfratiomys). Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi. 300, 18.
Bellardi, Ditt. Mess, i, 22, 2. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 53. Osten Sacken,
Biol. C. A. Dipt. i. 49. . Giglio-Tos, Ditt. Mess, i, 9.
Cyphoma feneatrata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 16, 5 (Schiner). Walk. List
V, S. i, 16. — S. America, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico,
auriflamma Hgg. Wied. Zool. Mag. i, 3, 54 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 54, pi. viii, f. 1.
Macq. Suit. BiiflF. Dipt, i, 242, 2. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Anim Art. iv, 593;
id. in Cuvier's Reg. An. ed. Mass. pi. 172, bis, f. 5. Guer. Icon. Ins.
.544, pi. 98, f. 5. Walk. List v, 18. Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi, 276, pi. in f.
12. Bell. Ditt. Mess. i. 21. Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1875. 484. Osten
Sacken. Cat. 1878, 49; id. Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 45. Will. Tr. Am. Ent.
Soc. XV. 258. F. Lynch A. Cat. 129 (21).
* Osten Sacken (Biol. C. A. Dipt. i. 35) states that the C. albitarsis Fabr. of Bel-
lardi (Ditt. Mess. i. 22) is perhaps a different species.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 129
Ci/phomyia chrijsodufd Perty, An. Bras. 184, pi. xxxvi, f. 14 (Gerst.).
Ci/phomyia cyaneu Macq. S. B. Dipt, i, 242, pi. vi, f. 3 (Gerst.). — Brazil, Mon-
tevideo, Guiana, Mexico,
aurifrons Wied. Auo.s. zw. Ins. ii, 56. Walk. List v, 18. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 280.
Ci/phorni/ia auriflamrmi Wied. Anal. Ent. f. 4 (female) ; id. Auss. zw. lus. ii,
54, 1 (ex luare), pi. viii, f. 16 (female), Gerst. — Brazil,
claiipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 45. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 299.— Brazil.
coscalis Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc. Loud, xvii, 841. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 299. — Brazil,
cyanocejjliala Gerst. Exot. Strat. 274. — S. America,
cyanea Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 265, 11 {f^tratiomys). Coquebert, 111. 100. pi. 23, f. 4.
Fabr. Syst. Antl. 80, 11 (Stratiumys). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii,57. Eond.
Esanie Ditt. Bras. 40. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 2^4. — Cayenne, Brazil,
cyanispinis Bigot, Dipt. Nonv. vii, 1874, 487. Amazonia,
dispar Scliiner, Dipt. Novara 54. — Colombia.
fascipes Walk. List v, 17. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 311. — Brazil, Santarem.
Uavimana Gerst. Exot. Strat. 291. -Brazil,
geniculata Gerst. Exot. Strat. 290. — New Grauada.
gracilicornis Gerst. Exot. Strat. 295. — Brazil,
hybrida Gerst. Exot. Strat. 307. — Rio Janeiro,
lanuginosa Gerst, Exot. Strat. 296, — Brazil,
lasiophthalma Will. Dipt. St. Vincent 301.— St, Vincent,
leucocephala Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 55, 22; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 55. Macq. Dipt.
Exot. i, 1, 179. Walk. List v, 16.
CiUellaria albicaput Walk. List iii, 521 (female).— Biazil.
maculata Fabr. Syst. Antl. 85, 30 (Stratiomys). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 57.
Gerst. Exot. Strat. 308. — S. America, Essequibo.
ornata Walk. Zool viii, app. xcvi ; id. List v, 19. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 299. — Para,
picta Schiner, Dipt. Novara 53. —S. America,
varipes Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi, 283. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 53. Osten Sacken,
Biol.C. A. Dipt, i, 34. — Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, Mexico,
verticalis Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi, 287. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 53.
Cyphomyia cyanea Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 57 (female) Gerst.— S. America,
violacea Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v. 60. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 290.— Brazil.
Wiedemann! Gerst. Linn. Ent. xi, 302, 19. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 53. Bigot.
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1875, 486. F. Lynch A. Cat. 129 (21 j.
Cyphomyia albitarsis Wied. Ai^al. Ent." 13; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 56, 5, j)l.
viii, f. 2. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 172. Walk. List v, 16 (Gerstaecker
et Schiner).
Cyphomyia flavispinis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 40, 6 (Gerst. et Schiner).—
S. America, Brazil, Cayenne, Surinam, Venezuela,
sp. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 257.— Brazil.
ACANTHINOMYIA.
Nom. nov. for Acanlkhui. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 50. 1830, preoccupied by Fis-
cher Moll. 1806,
aurata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 179, pi. v, f. 6. Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877.
207.— Colombia,
elong-ata Wied. Anal. Ent. 30, 37 (Clit1eJaria)\ id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 52, pi. vii. f.
9. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 52. — S. America,
hierog-lyphica Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 50. — Brazil.
TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC, XXVII. (17) DEtEMBEK, 1900.
130 W. D. HUNTER.
longa Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 51. — Brazil.
marmorata Gerst. Exot. Strat. 337.^Biazil.
ornata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 179, pi. v, f. 5.— Colombia.
CHORDONOTA. «
Geistaecker, Linn. Ent. 1857.
inermis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 55 (Cyphomyia). Macq. Dipt. Hist. Nat. i, 242
iCi/phomyia). Walk. List v. 16. Gerst. Exot. Strat. 312.— Brazil,
leiophthalma Will. Dipt. St. Vincent, .302.— 8t. Vincent,
nigra Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 255. — Brazil.
CLITELLARIA.
Meigen, miner's Mag. ii, 265, 1803.
atrata Fabr. Syst. Autl. S3, 23 (Stratiomys). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 49, pi. vii,
f. 10. — S. America.
NBMOTETUS.
Geoflfroy, Hist. Nat. Ins. ii, 542, 1764.
fasciatifrons F. Lynch A. Exped. Rio Negro Zool. 89, 43; id. Stett. Ent. Zeit.
1881, 190 ; id. Cat. 130 (22). Berg, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1881, 45.— Argen-
tina, Buenos Aires,
niger Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 233.— Chile,
ruflcornis Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xvi, 1877, 234. — Chile,
singularis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 185, pi. vi, f. 4. — Colombia.
EURYNEURA.
Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 56, 1868.
eleg-ans Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 252. -Brazil.
fascipennis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 84, 25 (Stratiomys). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 75
(ibid). Schiner Dipt. Novara 57. — S. America,
nasica Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 252.— Brazil,
propinqua Schiner, Dipt. Novara 57. Giglio-Tos, Ditt. Me.ss. i, 15. — Coloml)ia,
Mexico.
PROMBRANISA.
Walk. List v. 1854.
cylindrioornis Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 253. — Brazil,
nasuta Macfj. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv. 351, pi. iii, f. 4 (Straiiomia). Will. Tr. Am.
Ent. Soc. XV, 253. — Chile, Brazil.
MELANOCHROA.
Schiner. Vide Boeder. Ent. Nach. 1886, 139.
dubia Roeder, Hnt. Nach. .\ii, 140. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 254. Brazil.
MYXOSARGU3.
Brauer. Notacantlien. 1882 ? Boeder Ent. Nach. 1886, 139.
Braueri Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv. 254.— Brazil.
PACHYGASTER.
Meigen, Illiger's Mag. ii, 266, 1803.
?sp. Will. Dii)t. St. Vincent 302.— St. Vincent.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
131
Walker's Species.
Acanthina convexa Walk; List v. 304.— Santaiem in Brazil.
" plana Walk. List v, 305. — Santarem in Brazil.
Acrochxta breviseta Walk. List v. 69. — Para.
" longine.ta Walk. List v, 69. — Para.
Chrjisoc.hlora plana Walk Dipt. Saund. ii, 82. — Colombia.
" ? tincta Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 82.— Colombia.
CUteUaria alhicapnt Walk. List iii, 521.— Para.
" scutellaris Walk. List v, 313.— Santarem in Brazil.
Cyclotelus IMm Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 6. — So. America. ]
nigroflamma Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 4.-So. These species properly
America. i belong to the Therevidae.
" pruimsus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 5, pi. i, f. 4. j Cyclotelus = AgnpophytHs
—So. America. I Guer. (Schiner).
" sociiis Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 6.— So. America. J
Cyphomyia costalis Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc. xvii, 341.— Brazil.
" fascipes Walk. List v, 17, 303.— Santarem in Brazil.
Hermetia fiilva Walk. List v, 22.— Para.
Metabasis rostratus Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 81.— Brazil.
Nonacris transequa Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 7.- -So. America.
Odontomyia aterrima Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 78.— Brazil.
" histrio Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 77.— Brazil.
vittatn Walk. List v, 303.— Santarem in Brazil.
Sargus contractus Walk. List v, 319.— Santarem in Brazil.
" echemon Walk. List iii, 515.— Para.
" haterius Walk. List iii, 516.
" opnlentus Walk. List v, 319.— Para.
Stratiomyia f estiva Walk. List i, 43.
" subcupratu Walk. List v, 47.— Santarem in Brazil.
The foUowin;! species have been described by various writers from unknown
localities. Doubtless some of them are South American :
Beris servillei Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1. 176, pi. 21, f. 1.
Biastes indicus Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 81, pi. iii, f. 3.
CUteUaria amenides Walk. List iii, 523.
" coprates Walk. List iii, 523.
" nt/tt Walk. List iii, 524.
Dimassus divisas Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 3. Is a Therevid (Schiner).
Lwps despectnns Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 2, pi. i, f. 7.
Neinotelus advena Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 80.
Odontomyia excocta Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 78.
exul Walk. Dipt. Saund. ii, 79.
" fuscipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 194.
lutatius Walk. List, iii, 532.
Ptilocera lateralis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 176.
Sargus analis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 208.
" and reus Walk. List iii, 515.
" aimulipes Walk. List iii, 515.
" hoplistes Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 30.
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132 W. D. IIUNTKK.
Faiiiily XYLOPHAGID.E.
HETEROSTOMUS.*
Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ser. iii, vol. 5, p. 287, 1857.
curvipalpis Bigot, 1. c. 285. Phil, cliil. Dipt. 727. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 74. —
Chile.
LAGARUS.
Philippi, Chil. Dipt. 729, 1865.
Paulseni Piiil. chil. Dipt. 729.— Chile.
XYLOPHAGUS.
Meigen, Illiger's Mag. ii, 1803.
carbonarius Phil. <^liil. Dipt. 727. — Chile.
Walker's Species.
Xylophagus ? vetuf^us Walk. List v, 106. — Para.
" vittatufi Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvii, 33S.--Brazil.
The Habitat of the Following is not Known :
Diah/sis dissimilis Walk. (? Xylophagus americanus Cat. Di]it. Bi'it. Mus. 126). Walk.
Dipt. Saund. i, 4.
Xylophagus Intistria Walk. List i. 130.
Family CCENOMYID^.
CHIROMYZA.
Wied. Xova Dipt. 1820.
Xenomorpha Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 193, 1838.
fuscana Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 115. 2; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 238, 2. Schiner, Dipt.
Novara 76. Wiilp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 157. — South America, Bahia,
Mexico.
ochracea Wied. Nova T)i\)t. 20; id. .\iiss. zw. Ins. i, 238. Schiner. Dipt. Novara
76.— Brazil,
vittata Wied. Nova Dipt. Gen. 20, f. 8; id. Dipt. Exot. 114, 1 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins.
i, 237. Jensen, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. iv, 337. Macq. Suit. Buff. Dipt,
i, 422, pi. 10, f. 10. Guer. Icon. 543, pi. 97, f. 7. Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc.
Lond. xvii, 347; id. List i, 227. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 76. F. Lynch
A. Cat. 124 (16).
Xenomorpha leptifonnis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 193, pi. 23, f. 1, et i, 2, 306.
Walk. List v, 66 (F. Lynch A.).
Chiromyza leptifonnis Brum. Reise ii, 171 (E. Lynch A.). — Brazil, Tucuman.
Colombia,
sp. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xv, 244.— Brazil.
* .\ccording to Scudder, Nomenclator Zo(dogicus, the term Heterost.omus has
been employed by Duval in Coleopteia. The literature at hand, however, does
not Tuake it jiossible to ascertain the date.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 133
CCENURA.
Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. Chili, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ser. iii, vol. 5, 277, 1857.
albopunctata Schiner, Dipt. Novara 77.— Chile,
biguttata Phil. chil. Dipt. 726.— Valdivia.
eleg-ans Phil. chil. Dipt. 727 —Chile,
long-icauda Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ser. iii, vol. 5, p. 286. Phil. chil. Dipt.
726.— Chile,
xanthopleira Phil. chil. Dipt. 726.— Valdivia.
HYLORUS.
Phil. chil. Dipt. 729, 1865. Will. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. Xv, 244. Osten Sacken, Berl.
Ent. Zeit. 1882, sepr. 6.
Krausei Phil. chil. Dipt. 729.— Chile.
Superfaraily Tanystoma.
Family TABANID^.
PANGONIA.
Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et. Ins. iii, 437, 1802.
albifasciata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 156, pi. iii, f. 8. — New Granada,
albifrons Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 112. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 386.
Phil. chil. Dipt. 708.— Chile,
albithorax Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 111, 22. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii,
288. Phil. chil. Dipt. 707. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 101.— Chile,
analis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 91, 6. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 57, 11 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i,
93, 12.— S. America,
arcuata Will. Kans. Univ. Qtiart. iii, 190. — Brazil,
ardens Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 107. — Brazil,
atra Phil. chil. Dipt. 709.— Chile,
atripes Eoeder, Dipt. Stuebel, 1892, 7. — Bolivia,
aurimaculata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 109. — Brazil.
australis Phil. chil. Dipt. 710. F. Lynch A. Cat. 130 (22).— Chile,
basilaris Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 555. Boeder, Dipt. Stuebel, 1892,7. — Brazil,
Ecuador.
Besckii Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 97, 18. — Interior of Brazil,
castanea Perty, Del. Anini. Bras. 182, pi. xxxvi, f. 8. — Brazil,
chloi-ogastra Phil. chil. Dipt. 708. — Valdivia.
collaris Phil. chil. Dipt. 705.— Valdivia.
conica Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1857. 281.— Chile.
diaphana Schiner, Dipt. Novara 99. Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 190. — Colom-
bia, Brazil,
dorsogutfcata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Sui)pl. iv, 1, 328. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil.
Zool. vii, 386. Phil. chil. Dipt. 708.— Chile,
eriomera Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii. 386. Phil. chil. Dipt. 708.— Chile,
eriomera Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1. 109, pi. xiv, f. 3.— Brazil,
fasclata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 107.— Brazil,
fascipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 110. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool, vii, 386.
Phil. chil. Dipt. 707. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 98. — Chile.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DECEMBER, 19(X).
134 W. D. HUNTER.
feaestrata MiU'(i. Dipt. Kxot. Siippl. i, 154, pi. iii, f. 4. — B?-iis;il.
ferrug-inea Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 295. — Brazil.
fllipalpis Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 190.— Paraguay River.
fulvithorax Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 52, 2; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 89, 4. Will. Kans.
Univ. Quart, iii. 190. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 58.— Brazil,
furcata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 99, 23. -Brazil,
fuscipennis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 95, 16. — Brazil,
grisea Jaeunicke, Exot. Dipt. 331. --Chile.
incisuralis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 28. —Brazil ? ^
incompleta Mac-ci. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 155, pi. iii, f. 7; id. Suppl. iv, 1, 329.
Walk. Dipt. Saund. i. 20.— Colombia,
jucunda Jaenn. Exot. Dipt. 327. — Chile.
lasiophthalma Wulp, Tijd.schr. Ent. xxi, 365, pi. 9, f. 6. — Argentina,
lata Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Art. Ins. pi. 77, f. 1, Desch. lus. King, 336 (Tuhanus).
Roeder, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1882, 511.
Pangonia depressa Macq. Dipt. Exot. 1, 1, 111, 21 ; id. Suppl. iv, 1, 329. Phil.
chil. Dipt. 707. Schiner Dipt. Novara 100 (Roeder).
Pangonia croc.ata Jaenn. Exot. Dipt. 330. — Chile,
laterina Rond. Dipt. Oscnl. 16. — Tropical America,
latipalpis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 329, pi. ii, f. 4. Blanch. Gay. Hist.
Chil. Zool. vii, 386. Phil. chil. Dipt. 708. Roeder, Stett. Ext. Zeit.
1882, 511 .
Thichopthahna Landbechi Phil. loc. ? (Roeder).
" (imxna Bigot Dipt. Nouv. 1867, xxiii, 20 (Roeder). — Chile,
leucopogon Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 92, 11. — Brazil,
ligens Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 97, 2. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 106. Blanch. Gay.
Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 386. Phil. chil. Dipt. 707.— Brazil,
long-ipalpis ^[acq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 2, 169. pi. i, f. 3. — Brazil,
long-irostrls Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 28. — Brazil ?
lugubris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 108, pi. xiv, f. 2. — Brazil,
marginalis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 620'. — Brazil,
minor Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 29. — "America?"
molesta Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 91, 9. — Brazil,
morio Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 156. — Argentina,
nigrivittata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 327. — Brazil,
obscuripennis Phil. chil. Dipt. 710. — Chile,
prasiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 157, pi. iii, f. 9. Schiner, Dipt. Novara
101. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, xx, 45. — Colombia, Panama,
rufa Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 110. — Lima,
rufa-aurea Phil. chil. Dipt. 709. — Chile,
sorbeus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins i, 93, 13 (Pangonia). Walk. List i. 1.33. et v, 123, et
128, et Add. 323. F. Lynch A. Cat. 130 (22).
Pangonia •(Fidena) sorhens Walk. Dipt. Saund. 8 (F. Lyncii A.j — Monte-
video, Brazil. •
subandina Phil. chil. Dipt. 710. — Chile,
siituralis Rond. Esame Ditt. Bras. 47. — Brazil,
tabanipennis Mac(i. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 108. — Brazil,
testaceiventris .Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. li, 2, 169. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 99. —
Peru,
translucens .Mac(|. Dipt. Exot. SujiijI. i, I'm. pi. iii, f. 5. Brazil.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 185
unicolor Macq. Dipt. Exot. Supi)!. i, 155, pi. iii, f. 6. Will. Kans. Univ. Quart.
iii, 190. -Brazil,
venosa Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 52. 1 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 87, 1. Will. Kans. Univ.
Quart, iii, 189. — Brazil,
viridiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 112. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii,
386. Phil. chil. Dipt. 708.— Chile,
vittata Phil. chil. Dipt. 711.— Chile,
vulpes Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 327. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii,
386. Phil. chil. Dipt.— Chile.
Winthemi Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 44, 5; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 53, 3; id. Auss. zvc. Ins.
i, 91, 8.— Brazil,
xanthopogon Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 295. — Brazil.
PITYOCERA.
Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Comp. Torino, 224, 1896.
festse Giglio-Tos, 1. c. — Darien.
DICRANOMYIA.
Nom. nov. for Dicrania Macq. Suit. Bufl". 1834, preoccupied by Lep. Serv. 1825
in Coleoptera.
Cervus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 94 {Pangomn). Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 114, pi. xv,
f. 3. Giglio-Tos, Bull. Mus. Torino 1897, 276.-Brazil, Guiana, Equador.
DICLISA.
Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 101, 1868.
distincta Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 102. — S. America,
incompleta Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 27, 35, pi. iii, f. 6, 7 ; id. Suppl. iv, 25.
Schiner. Dipt. Novara 101. — S. America,
maculipennis Schiner, Dipt. Novara. 102. Osten Sacken. Biol. C. A. Dii)t. i. 47.
Roeder, Dipt. Stuehel, 1892, 8. — S. American, Panama, Venezuela.
CHRYSOPS.
Meigen, Illiger's Mag. 1803.
afflictus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 204, 15.— Brazil,
bimaculatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 201, 10.— Brazil,
calog-aster Schiner, Dipt. Novara, 103.--S. America.
costatus Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 373, 45 (Tabanm); id. Syst. Antl. 112. Palisot, Ins.
Amer. 22, pi. iii, f. 7. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 104; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i,
198, 5. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 160. Bigot, Sagra, 798. Guer. Iconogr.
iii, 542, pi. xcvii, f. 3 (called molestus on the plate). Osten Sacken,
Prodr. ii, 476; id. Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 47. Johnson, Proc. Acad. Nat.
S.-.i. Phil. 1894, 272.
? Tabanus variegatiis De Geer, vi, pi. xxx, f. 7 (Osten Sacken).
Chri/sops vuinemUis Rondani, Esame Ditt. Bras. 44 (Osten Sacken).— South
America, Brazil, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica. W. Indies,
crucians Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 211, 24.- Brazil,
crudelis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 195, 2.— Habitat unknown,
gruttula Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 203, 1.3.— Brazil.
incisus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 44, 1.5, pi. iv, f. 12. Schiner, Dipt. Novara,
104. — S. America.
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136 W. D. HUNTER.
intrudens Will. Kans. Univ. Quail, iii, 191. — Biazil.
leetus Fabr. Syst. Antl. 112, 7. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 207, 19. Schiner, Dipt.
Novara 103. — S. America,
lateralis Wiod. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 209. Walker, List, i, 200, v, 286. O. Sacken,
Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 59. — Patria iguota (Walk.), Honduras et S. America
(Walk.).
leucospilus Wied. zw. Ins. i, 202, 12. .Schiner, Dipt. Xovara 104.— Colombia,
lug-ubris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 172, pi. iv, f. 11. — Brazil,
merula Phil. chil. Dipt. 724.— Chile.
molestus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 205, 17. — Brazil,
subfascipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 55. — S. America,
tardus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 577. — Brazil,
terminalis ^lacq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 56. — Amazon,
trifaria Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 163. Phil. chil. Dipt. 724.- Cliile.
tristis Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 567, 44; id. Syst. Antl. 112, 6. Wied. Dipt. Exot.
i, 103, 2: id. Auss. zw. Ins. 197, 4. — Cayenne,
varians Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 208, 20. Rond. Dipt. Oscul. 16. Schiner, Dipt.
Novara 104. Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 40. 192.— Chile, Brazil.
Note. — About the possibility of Chrysops aeminatns Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 205,
et Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 39, being a Brazilian species, a specimen in the
Vienna Museum being labeled as coming from that locality, see Wulp Wien. Ent.
Zeit. 1894, pp. 139-141. Mr. Wulp is of the opinion that Macquart was wrong in
identifying Wiedemann's species, and redescribes the type of Macquart as Chri/-
sops crassicornis.
ESENBECKIA.
Rond. Dipt. Exot. 83, 1864.
pangonia Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 623, 19 (Silvius). Walk. List v {Silvias;. F.
Lynch A. Cat. 131 (23). — Brazil, Argentina.
SILVIUS.
Meigeu, Syst. Beschr. iii, 27, 1320.
nubipennis Rond. Dipt. Oscul. 17. — Am. equat.
rufipes Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 342. F. Lynch A. Cat. 131 (23).— Brazil.
silverii Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 159, pi. 19, f. 1. — Brazil.
vulpes Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 111, 1. — Brazil.
VEPRIUS.*
Rond. Dipt. Exot. 83, 1864.
presbiter Rond. Dipt. Exot. 83. — Chile.
SCEPSIS.
Walker, Dipt. Saund. 71 (1850).
nivalis Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 71, pi. ii, f. 7. F. Lynch A. Cat. 131 (23).--
Montevideo.
HADRUS.
Perty Del. Anini. Bras. 182, 1833.
LepineUifja Macq. Dipt. Exot. 1, 1, 90, bis et 153 (138).
albitarsis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, i, 340 {Lepiselnga). — Buenos Aires.
This genus consists of species exactly like i^ilvhiK but with hairy eyes.
SOUTH AMEKICAN DIPTERA. 137
crassipes (Fabr.). vide Loew, Berl. Eut.Zeit. 1869. 6. E. Lynch A. Cat. 131 (23).
Msenmtopota crassipes Fabr. Syst. Antl. 108, 4. Wieil. Dipt. Exot. 97 ; itl.
Auss. zw. Ins. i, 220.
Tabanus lepidotns Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 193, 123.
Hadrus lepidofas Perty, Del. Ditt. Bras. 183, pi. xxxvi, f. 9. Walk. List i,
209, V, 272. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 154, pi. 18, f. 3. Bell. Ditt. Mess,
i, 75 (excl. male ;= Lepiselaga recta Loew). Sc.hiner. Dipt. Novara 96.
Will. Kaus. Univ. Quart, iii, 192.
Lepiselaga lepidofa Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 54, pi. 18, f. 3. Osten Sackeu,
Prodr. ii, 475; id. Cat. 1878, 55.
— Brazil, (luiana, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba,
chalybeus Perty. Del. Ditt. Bras. 183, pi. xxxvi, f. 10.— Brazil,
parvus Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 192. — Kio Paraguay.
recta Loew, Cent, viii, 8. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 57 {Lepidoselaga).
Hadrus lepidotus Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 75 (Loew).
Colombia, Mexico.
H^MATOPOTA.
Meigen, llliger's Mag. 1808.
coarctata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 578. — Brazil.
pluvialis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 166.— South America.
podag-rica Fabr. Syst. Antl. 108, 5. Wied. Dipt. P^xot. i, 98. 3 ; id. Auss. zw.
Ins. 219, 9. — South America.
STIBASOMA.
Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. xvii, 310, 1867.
fulvohirtum Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 155 \Tabamis). Schiner, Dipt. Novara 94
(Stibasoma). Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 57.
Tabanus compactus Walk. List v, 222 (Osten Sacken).
— Brazil, Colombia, Panama,
theotsenia Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 194.
? Tabanus Iheottenia Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 136, 38. Schiner, Dipt. Novara
94 {Stibasoma). E. Lynch A. Cat. 133 (25).
DICHELACERA.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 112, 1838.
cervicornis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 100, 35 (Tabanus). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 157, j?
(Tabanus). Schiner, Dipt. Novara 94. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt.
i, 58.— South America, Central America,
flava Wied. Au?i. zw. Ins. i, 163. E. Lynch A. Cat 132 (24).— Montevideo,
fuscipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. ii, 1, 30.— Brazil,
immaculata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 119.— Brazil,
januarii Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 3, 43; id. Auss. zw. Ins, i, 162, 79 (Tabanus). Macq.
Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 2, 170. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 95.— So. America,
long-icornis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 118, pi. xvi, f. 2.— Brazil,
marginata Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 30.— Cayenne.
nubipennis Eoud. Dipt. Strobel 16, 37. E. Lynch A. Cat. 133 (25).— Argentina.
« rufa Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 29.— Brazil.
* See Tabanus brasiliensis Eond.
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138 W. D. HUNTER.
scutellata (DiachlorHsl) Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 193.— Brazil,
testacea Macc). Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, lii7. pi. iii, f. 10. — Colombia,
unifasciata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 119. E. Lynch A. Cat. 133 f25).— Braizl,
Buenos Aires.
ACANTHOCEBA.
Macq. Suit. Buff. 1834.
exstincta Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 214, 2 {Hiemafopofa). Walk. List v, 295 (Hsema-
topota). E. Lynch A. Cat. 132 '24).
Acanthocera marginalis Walk. List v, 268 (Loew).
— Montevideo, Brazil,
longicornis Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 371, 38 (Tnhimus); id. Syst. Antl. 103, 4.5 {Ta-
banus). Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 98, 4; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 213, 1 (Htema-
topotaK Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1, 158.
Hxmatopota trianrjidnris Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 44, 6 (Wied.).
— Brazil,
trig-onifera Schiner, Dipt. Novara 95. — South America.
DIACHLORUS.
Osteu Sacken, Prodr. ii, 475, 1876.
Diabasis Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 207; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 15, Preoccupied for a
genus in Coleoptera, Osten Sacken.
curvipes Fabr. Syst. Antl. 107, 3 {Tabanus). Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 90, 49 (Ta-
banus). Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 208 (Diabasis). Will. Kans. Univ.
Quart, iii, 193. — South America, Paraguay River,
diversipes Macq. Dipt. Exot. ii, 2, 132, pi. i, f. 5 (Diabasis). Wulp, Notes from
the Leyden Museum, vii, p. ii, p. 81.— Surinam,
ferrugatus Fabr. Syst. Antl. 111. 2 iChrysopa). Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 94; id.
Auss. zw. Ins. i, 186, 113 (Tabanus). Walk. List i, 191, et v, 148 (Dich-
elacera). Osten Sacken, Mongr. Taban. 396 (Diabasis) ; id. Biol. C. A.
Dipt, i, 57.
Diahasis atxnia Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 1.52. Walk. List v, 271 (O. Sacken).
Chrysops approzimans Walk. List i, 198 (Osten Sacken).
Chrysops cunvergens Walk. List i. 198 (Osten Sacken).
Tabanus americanus Palisot, Dipt. Tab. iii, f. 6 (Osten Sacken).
Tabanus rondanii Bell. Ditt. Mess. .57 (Osteu Sacken).
— United States, Mexico, West Indies, Brazil.
Phscipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 156 (Diabasis). — Brazil,
interrupta Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1. 156 (Diabasis). — Brazil,
ochrea Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, .341 (Diabasis). E. Lynch A. Cat. 133
(25). — Brazil, Corrientes.
scutellata Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 155 (Diabasis). — Cayenne,
varipes Rond. Esanie Ditt. Bras. 45 (Diabasis). — Brazil.
MYCTEROMYIA.
Fhilippi, Aufz. Clul. Dipt. 712, 1865.
brevirostris Phil. chil. Dipt. 713.— Chile.
conica Bigot. Dipt. Chil. 278, pi. vi, f. 4. Phil. chil. Dipt. 712.— Chile,
fusca Phil. chil. Dipt. 712.— Chile,
murina Phil. chil. Dipt. 713. — Chile.
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SELASOMA.
tibialis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 102, 39 {Tabanus). Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 89, 47; id. Auss.
zw. Ins. i, 164, 82 (Tahanns). Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 304. Will. Kans.
Univ. Quart, iii, 192. — Brazil, South America.
TABANUS.
Linne, Fauna Suecica 1761.
acutidens Phil. chil. Dipt. 715. — Chile.
albibarbis Wied. Anal. Ent. 21, 6; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 123, 22. — South America,
albicans Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 165. — Colombia,
albicollls Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, i, 336. — Guiana.
albipalpis (Agelanius) Rond. Dipt. Strobel 13. E. Lynch A. Cat. 132 (24).— Ar-
gentina,
anbohirtus Walk. Tr. Liun. Soc. Lond. xvii, 338. E. Lynch A. Cat. 1.33 (25).—
Cape Gregory,
albonotatus Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 56, pi. ii, f. 5. O. Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt. i,55.
Tabanvs ociilus Walk. List i, 158 (Osten Sacken).
Tabanus bipartitus Walk. List i, 158 (Osten Sacken). — Mexico, Honduras,
Colombia,
alcicornis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 158, 74. — Brazil.
alcis Will. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1896, pt. iii, p. 302, pi. x, f. 77.— St. Vincent,
anachoreta Phil. chil. Dipt. 717. Schiuer, Dipt. Novara 84.— Chile,
andicola Phil. chil. Dipt. 716. — Chile.
angustifrons Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 2, 172. — Cayenne,
angustus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 140, pi. xvii, f. 3. Walk. List v, 194, et 208,
226. E. Lynch A. Cat. 134 (26).— Montevideo.
? annulicornis Phil. chil. Dipt. 721.— Chile.
antarctious Linn. Syst. Nat. ii, 1001, 15. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 577. — "Amer-
ica calidiore."
aphanopterus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 148, 59. — Brazil,
apicalis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 142, 49. — Brazil.
apcBcilus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 85. — Chile,
arg-yrophorus Schiuer, Dipt. Novara 90.— South America,
auribarbis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii. 2, 172. Eoeder, Dipt. Stnbel 1892, 8.—
Quito. Ecuador,
aurora Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 142.— Brazil,
bicincta Fabr. Syst. Antl. 102, 42. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 105, 6; id. Auss. zw. Ins.
i, 191, 120 (Chrysops).— South America.
Bigoti Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 58. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt. i. 48.
Tabanus apicalis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 20 (Osten Sacken).
Tabanus macquarti Schiner, Dipt. Novara 89 vOsten Sacken).
'? Tabanus ribidus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 19, 10 (Schiner).
— Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia,
bivittatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 163. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 193, 122.— Brazil,
bonariensis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 142. Walk. List v, 196. et 209, 230. E. Lynch
A. Cat. 134 (26).
Agelanius acupunctatns Rond. Dipt. Strobel 15, 36 (E. Lynch A.).— Buenos
Aires, Patagonia,
brasiliensis Rond. Oss. Esap. Ditt. 192.
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140 W. D. HUNTER.
? Dichelacera rtifa Macq. Dipt. Kxot. ii, 1, 29 (Roud.).
— Insulae St. Sebastiaiii.
caiennensis Fabr. Eiit. Syst. iv, 366: id. Syst. Antl. 98, 22. Wied. Dipt. Exot.
i, 91, 52; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 178, 101. — Cayenne. Brazil,
callosus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Snppl. ii, 2, 171. — Rio Nepro.
calopterus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 91. — South America,
capreolus Wied. Ansa. zw. Ins. i, 162, 78.- -Brazil,
carbo Macq. Dipt. Exot. Snppl. iv, 1, 337. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii,
391. Phil. chil. Dipt. 714. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 92.— Chile,
chilensis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 14.5. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Cliil. Zool. vii, 391.
Phil chil. Dipt. 714. -Chile,
cinerarius Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 42, 3 {T. (ilnncnH) ; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 69. 13 (il).).
— Brazil,
cinereus Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 89, 48; id. Anss. zw. Ins. i, 169, 8.5.— So. America,
cinnamomeus S(!hiner, Dipt. Novara 90. — South America,
clarus Schiner, Dii)t. Novaia S7.- South America,
clausus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Snppl. ii, 1, 33. — Brazil,
colombensis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 1, 16.5, pi. iv, f. 2. — Colombia,
comitans Wied. Anss. zw. Ins. i, 175, 96. — Brazil,
coracinus Phil. chil. Dipt. 718.--Chile.
damicornis Fabr. Syst. Antl. 101. 36. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 87, 45; id. Auss. zw.
Ins. i, 159, 75. — South America,
discus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 123, 18. — Brazil,
dorsiger Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 83, 38 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 172, 92. Walk. List i,
180, V, 19.3, 202. E. Lynch A. Cat. 134 (26).— Brazil, Montevideo,
dorsovittatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Snppl. v, 50. — Tropical America,
duplovittatus (Acielanins) Rond. Dipt. Strobel 14. E. Lynch A. Cat. 134 (26).—
Buenos Aires, Bahia Blanca.
elong-atus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 166. pi. iv, f. 4. — New Granada,
elongate Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 38, 79. Vide, Dipt. Eug. Resa 452.
exsestuans Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1000. Fabr. Syst. Ent. iv, 365; id. Syst. Antl.
96. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 143.
Tabanusfmcm De Geer, Ins vi, 229, 8, pi. 30, f. 5 (Wied.).
— "America."
fallax Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 36. — Cayenne,
fascipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 163, pi. iv, f. 1. Schiner, Dipt. Novara,
93. — Brazil, New Granada,
fenestratus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1, 139, pi. xv, f. 3. — Brazil,
fervens Linn. Syst. Nat. ii, 1000, 9. Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 365, 12; id. Syst. Antl.
95, 11. De Geer, vi, 228, 4, pi. 30, f. 4. Wied. Auss. zw. lus. i, 186, 112.
festivus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 135. 37. Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 195. — Brazil,
flavibarbis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 169. — Cayenne,
flavifacies Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 164. — Colombia,
flaviventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii. 2, 171, pi. i, f. 4.— Rio Negro,
fulvilateralis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 137. —Cayenne,
fulvipes Phil. chil. Dipt. 723.- Chile,
fulviventris Macq. Dijit. Exot. Snppl. i, 164. — Brazil.
fumatus Hffg. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 91. 50; id. Auss. zw. Ii^s. i, 177, 99.— Brazil,
fuscipennis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 179, 102. — Brazil,
fuscofasciatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 140. — Brazil.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 141
fuscus Wiefl. Zool. Mag. iii, 41, 1 ; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 68, 12; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i,
121, 14, et 556.— Brazil,
g-ag-antinus Phil. chil. Dipt. 719. — Chile,
g-laber Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 1, 192, 121. — Brazil,
g-lobicornis Hffg. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 96, 59; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 190, 118.—
Brazil,
g-uttatus Meg. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 73; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 133. — "America."
g-uttipennis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 153, 67. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 88.— Brazil,
g-uyanens Maeq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 169, pi. iv, f. 9. — Guiana,
hamatus Wuld, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 159, pi. 15, f. 7. — Argentina,
hilarii Maeq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 301. Walk. List v, 194, 210, 236. E. Lynch A.
Cat. 1.34 (26).— Brazil.
? hirtuosus Phil. chil. Dipt. 719.— Chile.
histrio Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 625, 24. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 87.— So. America,
importunus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 34. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 127, 24.
Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii. 195. — Brazil,
impressus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins..i, 126, 23. Walk. List v, 194, 210, 236. E. Lynch
A. 134 (26). — Montevideo, Brazil. Demerara.
incertus Blanch. Gay, Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 391, pi. ii, f. 1. Phil. chil. Dipt. 713.
-Chile,
incisuralis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 37. — "America."
indicus Fahr. Syst. Antl. 103, 48. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 75, 26.— South America,
informatus Phil. chil. Dipt. 718. — Chile.
inornatus Phil. chil. Dipt. 718. Wulp, Tijds. Ent. xxiv, 159.— Chile, Argentina,
inberpositus ( Aqelanius) Rond. Dipt. Strobel 15. 35. E. Lynch A. Cat. 134 (26).
— Mendoza.
ixyostactes Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 190, 119. — Brazil,
lasiopthalma Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 391, pt. ii, f. 5. Phil. chil. Dipt.
714.— Chile,
lativentris Blanch. Gay. Hi.st. Zool. vii, 391, pi. ii, f. 3. Phil. chil. Dipt. 714.—
Chile,
leucaspis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 179, 103. Rond. Esame. Ditt. Bras. 47. Will.
Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 105. — Brazil,
limpidapex Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 140, 46. — Brazil,
lineola Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv, 369, 33; id. Syst. Antl. 102, 41. Coquebert, 111. Icon.
112, pi. XXV, f. 6. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 81, 36; Auss. zw. Ins. i, 170, 89.
Harris, Ins. In.j. 3rd ed. 602, f. 262. Palisot-Beauvois, Dipt. Tab. ii (?>.
Osten Sacken, Prodr. 448; id. Cat. 1878, 58: id. Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 56.
Tahanus simulans Walk. List, i, 182 (Osten Sacken).
? Tabanus scutellaris Walk. Dipt. Saund. 27 (Osten Sacken).
Tahanus trilineatus Lart. Humh. et. BonpL Rec. d'obs. Zool. Fasc. x, 116-
Walk. List v, 217. Bell. Ditt. Mess. 63. E. Lynch A. Cat. 135 (27).
Osten Sacken.
Tahanus commixtus Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 273 (Osten Sacken).
—United States, Nicaragua, Mexico, South America,
luctuo.sus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1, 139.— Brazil, Surinam,
lugens Phil. chil. Dipt, xxx, 719. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 92.— Chile,
maculinervis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 51.— South America.
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142 W. D. HUNTER.
maculipennis Wietl. Aiiss. zw. Ins. i, 138, 42. Macq. Dipt. Exot. Snppl. 162, pi.
iii, f. 14. — Hiazil.
maculiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 337. Blancli. Gay. Hist. Chil.
Dipt. 714.— Chile,
magellanicus Phil. An. Univ. Chile, xxi, 413; id. chil. Dipt. 717. Bigot, Dipt.
Miss. Cap Horn 10. E. Lynch A. Cat. 1.35 (26).— Straits of Magellan
in Chile,
marginatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 2, 172. — Brazil,
marg-inenvris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v. 49. — South America,
melanostoma Phil. chil. Dipt. 720. — Chile,
meridianus Roud. Ditt. Exot. 79 {Agelamus). — Valdivia.
mexicanus Linn. Syst. Nat. ii, 1000. 10. Fabr Spec. Ins. ii, 457, 16; id. Ent.
Syst. iv, 367, 22 ; id. Syst. Antl. 98, 25. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 76, 29 ; id.
Auss. zw. Ins. i, 147, 58. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 143, 43. O. Sacken,
Prodr. ii, 459; id. Cat. 1878, 59; id. Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 56. Bell. Ditt.
Mess, i, 59.
Tabanus pimctaiHn Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 368, 25.
" inanis Fabr. 1. c. 26.
" ochroleucus Meig. Syst. Beschr. ii, 62, 41 (Meigen was mistaken iu
considering it as European (Wied.).
" olivaceus De Geer, vi, 230, 6, pi. 30, f. 6.
" sulphureus Pal.-Beauv. 222, Dipt. pi. iii, f. 3.
" Jlavns Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 200, 13. Guerin, Gen. Dipt. pi. ii.
" virkUflavHs Walk. Newman's Zool. viii, App. Ixvi.
— United States, Mexico, Nicaragua. South America,
miles Wied Auss. zw. Ins. i, 139, 43. — Brazil.
minor Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1. E. Lynch A. Cat. 135 (27). — Patagonia,
minos Schiner, Dipt. Novara 88. — South America,
missionum Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 302. Walk. List v, 194, 222. E. Lynch A.
Cat. 135 (27). — Missiones in Brazil,
modestus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 146. Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 1, 164. Schiner,
Dii)t. Novara 85. Will. Kans. Univ. Quart, iii, 195. — South America,
Brazil,
molestissimus Phil. chil. Dipt. 716. — Chile,
monochroma Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 555, 6. Walk. List v, 193, 203. E. Lynch
A. Cat. 135 (27).— Montevideo,
monogramma Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 150, 61. — Brazil,
nigrifrons Phil. chil. Dipt. 720. E. Lynch A. Cat. 135 (27).- Chile,
nigripalpis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 168, pi. iv, f. 78. Schiner, Dipt. Nov. 91.
? Tithonus nigripalpis Macq. Boeder, Dipt. Stuebel 1892, 8.
— New Granada, Ecuador,
nigripennis Phil. chil. Dipt. 714. — Chile,
nigrocserulens Rond. Oss. Esap. Ditt. 191.— Venezuela.
nigrum Fabr. Syst. Antl. 101, 38. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 160, 76.— So. America.
? obscuratus Phil. chil. Dipt. 720. — Chile,
obscuripennis Phil. chil. Dipt. 722.— Chile.
obsoletus Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 85, 42; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 147.— Brazil,
occidentalis Linn. Syst. Nat. ii, 1000, 13. Fabr. Ent. Syst. v, 386, 27; id. Syst,
Antl. 99, 30. Wied. Dipt. Exot: i, 82, 37; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 171, 90,
557. Rond. Esame Ditt. 45.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
143
Tabanus fuscus De Geer, Ins. vi, 228, 3, pi. 30, f. 3.
— Brazil,
occidentalis Macq. Blauch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 391, pi. ii, f. 6. Phil.
chil. Dipt. 714.— Chile.
ochraceus Macq. Dipt. Exot. 8uppl. i, 170.— Cayenne,
oliceiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 34. — Para,
pachnodes Schiner, Dipt. Novara 84. — Chile.
Paulseni Phil. chil. Dipt. 721.— Chile.
pellucidus Fabr. Syst. Antl. 97, 21. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 70, 16.— So. America,
pellucidus Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii. 391, pi. ii, f. 2. Phil. chil. Dipt.
714.— Chile,
peruvianas Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 2, 173.— Quito in Brazil.
Philippi Roud. Dipt. Exot. 79 (AgelaniHs'^).—ChUe.
piceiventris Bond. Esame Ditt. Bras. 46.— Brazil,
planiventris Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 139, 44. — Brazil,
poecilopterus Schiner, Dipt. Novara 91.— South America,
potator Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 149. — Brazil,
psolopterus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 181. Walk. List v, 198, 205, 218. E. Lynch
A. Cat. 136 (28).— Montevideo,
pubescens Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 36.— "Amerique."
pulius Phil. chil. Dipt. 722.— Chile,
punctipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 301.— Brazil,
punctum Rond. Esame 45. — Brazil,
pung-ens Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 175, 97. Walk. List v, 193, 203. E. Lynch A.
Cat. 136 (28).
quadrimaculatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 167, pi. iv, f. 5.— New Granada,
quadripunctatus (T herioplectes) Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. et. Syst. Antl. 99, 29.
Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 151. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 86. Will. Kans.
Univ. Quart, iii, 195. Osten Sacken, Cat. 1878, 57, n. 74; id. Biol. C.
A. Dipt, i, 48.
Tabanus nigro-punctatus Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 67, pi. ii, f. 8 (Osten Sacken).
—Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil,
rebescens Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 143. Walk. List v, 195, 212, 246. E. Lynch
A. Cat. 136 (28).— Montevideo,
rubig-inipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 1. 167.— New Granada,
rubricornis Phil. chil. Dipt. 723.— Chile.
rubricosus Wulp. Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv. 161, pi. 15, f. 9.- Argentina,
rubrifrons Blauch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 391, pi. ii, f. 7. Phil. chil. Dipt.
714.— Chile,
rubrlpes Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 138.— Cayenne,
rubrithorax Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 143.— Brazil,
rufescens Fabr. Syst. Antl. 100, 33. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 81 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins.
i, 161. — South America,
rufipennis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 138; id. Suppl. i, 169.-Brazil, New Granada.
* Agelanius Rond. Dipt. Exot. 1864 is certainly the same as Therioplectes Zeller,
1842. It differs from Tabanus only in possessing pilose eyes. The description is
not~complete enough to tell if this species is of the genus Ati/lotus Osten Sacken,
which is simply a Tabanw with hairy eyes and also with ocelligerous tubercle.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JANUARY, 1901.
144 W. D. HUNTKR.
rufiventris Macq. Diiit. Exot. Suppl. i, KJfi. Jolnisoii, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
1894, 273. — Haiita Fe in Bogota, Jainaic-a.
scythropus Sehiner, Dipt. Novara 92. — Brazil,
senilis Phil. chil. Dipt. 715. — Chile,
sorbillans Wied. Auss. zvv. lus. i. 141. — Brazil,
stig-ma Fabr. Syst. Antl. 104, 50. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 92, 53; id. Auss. zw. Ins.
i, 180, 104. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 59.— South America, St.
Thomas,
sulphureus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 35. — Brazil,
surinamensis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 136. — Surinam,
tseniates Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 188. — Brazil,
tephrodes Phil. chil. Dipt. 716.— Chile,
testaceomaculatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. 1, 1, 144. Schiiier, Dipt. Nt)vara 85.
Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 391. Phil. chil. Dipt. 714. Wulp,
Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 160. — Chile, Argentina,
testaceus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 137 — Cayenne.
T-nigrum Fabr. Syst. Antl. 101. Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 160. Will. Kans. Univ.
Quart, iii, 195. — South America, Brazil,
triang-ulum Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 143. — Brazil,
trifarius Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 144. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 391.
Phil. chil. Dipt. 714.— Chile,
trig-onophorus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 301. Walk. List v, 196, 222. E. Lynch
A. Cat. 136 (28^.— Brazil,
trilineatus Latr. in Huniblt. et Bonap. Kcc. d'obs. Zool. x, 116, pi. xi, f. 6. Wied.
Dipt. Exot. i, 84; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 168. Eond. Dipt. Oscul. 17.—
Brazil,
trimaculatus Pal. Beau v. Ins. 56, pi. i, f. 5 (N. A.). Wied Auss. zw. Ins. i, 137.
— South America,
trinotatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 182. — Brazil,
tristis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 164. — Brazil,
tritus Walk. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvii, 338; id. List i, 189. E. Lynch A. Cat.
136 (28).— Cape Greogory.
trivittatus Fabr. Syst. Antl. 104. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 85; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i,
85. . Sehiner, Dipt. Novara 86. Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv, 160. —
Brazil, Argentina,
unicinatus Wulp, Tijdschr. Eut. xxiv, 159, pi. 15. f. 8.— Argentina,
unicolor Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 141. Will. Kans. Univ. iii, 195. -Brazil,
univittatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 50. — South America,
uruguayensis E. Lynch A. Cat. 136 (28), n. n. pro Tabanus pictipennis. Macq.
Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iv, 1, 336, pi. ii, f. 8.— Uruguay.
Valteri Macq. Dii)t. Exot. i, 2, 300.— Brazil,
varipes Walk. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvii, 337. E. Lynch A. Cat. 136 (28).—
Uruguay,
varius Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 189. — Brazil,
variventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 34.— Brazil.
vestitus Wied. Zool. Mag. iii, 42, 2; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 70; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 128.
— Brazil,
viridiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 141. — Rio Janeiro,
vittiger Thorn. Dipt. Eug. Resa 451. — Gallapagos Islands,
xanthogaster Phil. chil. Dipt 715.
sp. Will. Dipt. St. Vincent 303, pi. x, f. 78.— St. Vincent.
south american diptera, 145
Walker's Species.
Chrysops fulvieeps Walk. List v, 236. — Para.
" inornatus Walk. List i, 199. — Brazil.
" varipes Walk. List v, 289. — Para.
DiachJoriis carius Walk. List i, 209 (Diabasis). — Chile.
Dichelacera alcicornis Walk. List i, 190. — Brazil.
" bifacies Walk. List i, 191.— Para.
" mtiltifascia Walk. Dipt. Sauud. i, 68. — Para.
" prietereuns Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 69. pi. ii, f. 6. — So. America.
" sparsa Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 71. — Brazil.
" T-nuji-um Walk. List v, 325. — Brazil.
vacillans Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 70. — Brazil.
Hadrus cyanea Walk. List i, 208. — Brazil.
Pangonia badia Walk. List i, 132. — Brazil.
" basalis Walk. List i, 133. — Brazil.
" comprehensa Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 11, pi. i, f. 2. — Para.
" cornida Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvii, 337. — Brazil.
" ezewHs Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 12.--Brazil.
fumifera Walk. List v, 323. — Brazil.
" nana Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 11. — Brazil.
nigrohirfa Walk. List i, 132. — Brazil.
" notabilis Walk. Dipt. Saund, i, 18. — South America.
" ocellus Walk. List i, 143. — Venezuela.
" piceohirta Walk. List i, 132. — Brazil.
" rufohirta Walk. List i, 131. — Brazil.
" tenuistna Walk. List i, 143. — Brazil.
" umbra Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 19.— Chile.
Tabanus adustus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 34.— Colombia.
" albomaculatus Walk. List v, 297. — Brazil.
" albovarius Walk. List v, 206. — Amazon.
" attenuatus Walk. List i, 1.59.— South America.
'' basi-rufus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 32. — Colombia.
" chrysoleucus Walk. List v, 327. — Brazil.
" compactus Walk. List v, 222.— Amazon.
" confinis Walk. List i, 160.— South America.
detersus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 31.— Colombia.
discifer Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 35, pi. ii, f. 2.— Para.
" diversijjennis Walk. List i, 165. — Chile.
" dorsivitta Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 39.— South America.
" ferrens Walk. List i. 151.— Brazil.
" ferruginosu.i Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 40.— South America.
" hirtitibia Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 33.— Colombia.
'' innotescens'W ii\k. List v, 327.— Brazil.
'• lativitta Walk. List i, 184,— Brazil.
latm Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. xvii, 336.— Chile.
" litigiosus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 37.— South America.
livibus Walk. List i, 162.— Para.
" nianifestit.1 Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 41.— South America ?
" nuntius Walk. List v, 207.— Brazil.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (19) JANUARY, U901.
146 W. D. HIINTEK.
Tnhamis ocnliis Wii^k. List i, 157. — Ci)lonil)i;i, Hondiinis.
■' perplexHS Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 32. — Colombia.
" plangeus Walk. List v, 199. --Para.
'• primi<?i;«.« Walk. List i, 177. --South America.
" pubescenit Walk. List v, 220. — Brazil.
'' pndens Walk. Dipt. Sauiid. i, 36. — Kio Janeiro.
" repanda Walk. liist i, 190. — Venezuela.
" nifithorax Walk. List i, 165. — Brazil.
" semixordidns Walk. List v, 208. — Brazil.
" simplex Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 34. — Colombia,
" snhmiicula Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 30, pi. ii, f. 8. — Colombia.
" snhsenex Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 38. — South America.
" subvnrias W^alk. List i, 150. — Venezuela.
" terminus Walk. List i, 160. — Para.
" terminafus Walk. Dipt. Saund. 41. — South America ?
" trifascin Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 37. — Brazil.
The follovvino: species have been described by various writers from unknown
localities. Doubtless some of them are South American :
Chrysops cincticornis Walk. List, i, 201.
" geminatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 205.
" immaculatus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 202.
" lateralis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 209.
" imlpecida Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 195.
Ecfenopsis vulpecida Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 116.
Hxmntopota concentralis Walk. List i, 207.
'' serpentina Walk. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 219.
Pangonia cingnlata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 103.
" fidvithorax Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 113.
hebes Walk. List i, 137.
" inconspicna Walk. List i, 136.
" limhithorax Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 42.
" pntnla Walk. List i, 144.
Tahnnus ulbilinea Walk. List 1, 176.
" amabilis Walk. List i, 134.
" apicalis Walk. List i, 176.
" argentifrons Walk. List i, 186.
" uesiiis Walk. List i, 180.
" castaneoventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 152.
" chrysophiius Walk. List i, 155.
" circunidatus Walk. List i, 185.
" connexns Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 62.
" coutactus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 63.
" cyaneus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 152.
" depresstis Walk. List, i, 167.
" dijjieilis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 165.
" ditienin Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. 1, 182.
dives Walk. List i, 166.
'' diibius Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 154.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. HI
Tabanus eJongatns Wied. Auss. zvv. Ins. i, 124.
" flnmmas Walk. List i, 152.
" formosas Walk. List i, 148.
" fulviger Walk. Dipt. Sauiid. i, 65.
" falvimedius Walk. List i, 152.
" fuscinevris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 300.
" fusconervosiis Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 150.
" hispidus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 63.
" honestns Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 64.
" inconspicuus Walk. List i, 171.
" intereuns Walk. Dipt. Saund. v, 4.50.
" janns Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 61.
" lafienaferus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 152.
'" lativentris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 153, pi. xviii, f. 1.
" ligatus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 59.
" macula Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 171, pi. iv, f. 3.
" marginenervis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. v, 47.
" microcerus Walk. List i, 150.
nepos Walk. Li.st i, 1, 181.
" nigricans Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 157.
" ochraceus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 153.
" opulentus W^alk. List i, 148.
" planus Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 61.
" priscus Walk. List i, 176.
" redactus W^alk. Dipt. Saund. i, 66.
" rufoniger Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 66.
" sciitellatus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2. 303.
" secimdus Walk. List i, 180.
" senior Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 67.
" seqneus Walk. Dipt. Sauud. i, 60.
" transiens Walk. List i, 174.
" variatus W'alk. Dipt. Sauud. i, 64.
Family ACANTHOMERID^.
Au excellent critique of this family will be found in Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 63-66,
by Osten Sacken.
ACANTHOMERA.
Wied. Dipt. Exot. 60, 1821.
Megalemyia Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, v (Osten Sacken).
argyropasta Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, v, et Dipt. Nouv. xxviii, 455
(MegnUmyia). — Panama.
flavlpes Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 1, 42, pi. i, f. 2.— Brazil.
Frauenfeldi Scbiuer, Dipt. Novara 78. Boeder, Dipt. Stuebel 1892, 7. — Colom-
bia, Ecuador.
fulvida Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xxviii, 1880, 457.— Guiana.
Heydenii Wied. Auss zw. Ins. i, 555. — Brazil.
immanis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 623. — Surinam.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JANUARY, 1901.
148 W. D. HUNTER.
-picta Wied. Dipt. E.xot. i, 61 ; id. Auss. zw. lu.s. i, 10?. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1,
171.— Brazil,
seticornis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 108. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 172, pi. xx, f. 1.
rubiventris (megalemi/ia) Bigot, Bull. Soc. Etit. Fr. 1880, v, et Dipt. Exot. Nouv.
xxviii, 456 (Osten Sackeii).
— Brazil, Guatemala,
vittata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 109. Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 172.— Brazil.
RHAPHIORHYNCHUS.
Wied. Dipt. Exot. 59, 1821.
planiventris Wied. Dipt." Exot. i, 60; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 106, pi. i, f. 4; id. ii,
622. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. i, 66.
? Raphgorhynchus planiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 170, pi. 20, f. 3 (male).
Acanthomern Bigoti Bell. Ditt. Mess. App. 16, f. 10 (female).
" craasipalpis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 27, pi. i, f. 3. Bigot,
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1881, 458 (Rhnphiorhynchu.s), female.
— Brazil, Surinam, Guiana, Mexico, Guatemala.
Walker has furnislied one description in this family.
Acanthomera magnijica Walk. Dipt. Saund. i, 74, pi. i, f. 1.— South America
Family LEPTID^.
TRICHOPALPOMYIA.
Norn. nov. for Tricliopnipns Philippi, Chil. Dipt. 725. 1865, preoccupied by EojkI.
Prodr. i, 1856.
cinerascens Phil. chil. Dipt. 725. — Chile.
fulvus Phil. chil. Dipt. 725.— Chile.
obscurus Phil. chil. Dipt. 725.— Chile.
poecilogaster Phil. chil. Dipt. 72.5, pi. xxvi, f. 32. — Chile.
CHRYSOPILA.
Macq. Dipt. Nord. Fr. 1827.
apicalis Wulp. Tijdschr. Ent. xxv, 1 19.— Guadeloupe,
atra Will. Dipt. St. Vincent 304, pi. x, f. 78 bis.— St. Vincent,
americana Schiner, Dipt. Novara 197. — South America,
argyropbora Schiner, Dipt. Novara 199. — South America,
caloptera Schiner, Dipt. Novara 197. — Rio Janeiro,
consanguinea Schiner, Dipt. Novara 199. — Eio Janeiro,
elegans Schiner, Dipt. Novara 198. — Colombia,
irrorata Schiner, Dipt. Novara 198.— South America,
ludens Loew, Wied. Eut. Monatschr. v, 34. Will. Dipt. St. Vincent 303.— Cuba,
St. Vincent,
terminalis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 234. Schiner, Dipt. Nov. 197. — Colombia,
valdiviana Phil. chil. Dipt. 774, pi. xxviii, f. 50.— Valdivia.
* The Acanthomera plcfa Wied. of Bell. Ditt. Mess, i, 76 is. according to Osten
Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 68, another species which he describes as Acanthomera
championr.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
149
DASYOMMA.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. i', 2, 31, 1840.
c^rula Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 31, pi. iv, f. 1. Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii,
418, pi. iv. f. 3. Phil. chil. Dipt.— Chile.
LEPTIS.
Fabr. Syst. Autl. 69, 1805.
apicalis Eond. Esame 29. — Brazil,
basalis Phil. chil. Dipt. 773. — Chile,
brasiliens Rond. Oss. Esap. Ditt. 184.
? Chrysopiln imalis Macq. (Rond.).
—Brazil,
caduca Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 579. — Brazil,
capnoptera Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 580. — Brazil,
claripennis Phil. chil. Dipt. 772. — Chile,
fusca Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 227. — Brazil,
grisea Phil. chil. Dipt. 774.— Chile,
hyaloptera Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 226. — Brazil,
lug-ens Phil. chil. Dipt. 773.— Chile,
nemoralis Phil. chil. Dipt. 772.— Chile,
nigrita Phil. chil. Dipt. 772.— Chile,
prseflca Phil. chil. Dipt. 772.— Chile,
setosa Phil. chil. Dipt. 773.— Chile,
subannulata Phil. chil. Dipt. 771.— Chile.
Walker's Species.
Leptis (Rhagio) alumnus Walk. Dipt. Saund. iii, 163.— South America.
" Clara Walk. Dipt. Saund. iii, 164.— South America.
lucifera Walk. Dipt. Sauud. iii, 164.~Colombia.
The Habit.vt of the Following is not Known:
LepHs geminata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 222.
littata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i. 225.
Superfaraily Bombylimorpha.
Family NExMESTRINID^.
NBMESTRINA.
Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. 1802.
sulphvirea Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 631.— Brazil,
vitreipennis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 631.— Brazil.
HBBMONEURA.
Hirmonenra Meigen, Syst. Beschr. ii, 132, 1820. Emt., Hirmonenra Phil, chil
Dipt. 659.
albistria Schiner, Dipt. Novara 109.— Chile,
anthracoides Phil. chil. Dipt. 663.— Chile.
articulata Phil. chil. Dipt. 600. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 109.— Chile,
bellula Phil. chil. Dipt. 662.— Chile.
Big-oti Schiner, Dipt. Novara 108.
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150 W. D. HUNTER.
Hirmoneura brevirostris Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ser. iii. 280, pi. vi. f. 1
Phil, cliil. Dipt. 655 (Schiner).
—Chile.
clinerea Phil. chil. Dipt. 660.— Chile,
exotica Wied. Anal. Ent. 20; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 245. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i,
413. F. Lynch A. Xotas Dipt, i, 247 (19). — Montevideo, Buenos Aires,
flaviventris Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. Phil. chil. Dipt. 655.~Chile.
fusca Phil. Eond. Dipt. Exot. 51. — Chile,
luctuos Phil. chil. Dipt. 661.— Chile,
maculipennis Macq. IDijjt. Exot. Supi)l. iv, 1, 403, pi. is, f. 10. Pliil. cliil. Dipt.
655.— Chile,
modesta Phil. chil. Dipt. 662.— Chile.
punctipennis Phil. chil. Dipt. 660. Scliiner, Dipt. Novara 109. — Chile,
simplex Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xxiii, 1877, 24.— Chile.
TRICHOPTHALMA.
Westwood, Phil. Mag. 1835.
andina Phil. Anal. Univ. Chil.; id. chil. Dipt. 659 { Ilermoneurn) .
baltea Phil, cliil. Dipt. 6.56, pi. xxv, f. 23 (Hermoneura). — Chile,
barbarossa Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. Chil. 281. Phil. chil. Dii)t. 655 (Hermoneura). —
Chile,
bombyliformis Schiner, Dipt. Novara 111. — Chile.
® chilensis Macq. Dipt. Exot. li, 1, 19. pi. ii, f. 8 {Hermoneura). Phil. chil. Dipt.
655. — Chile,
commutata Phil. chil. Dipt. 658 {Hermoneura). — Chile,
exlmia Phil. chil. Dipt. 656 (Hermoneura). — Chile.
Landbecki Phil. chil. Dipt. 658 {Hermoneura). — Chile,
nemestrinoides Jaenn. Exot. Dipt. 355, pi. 43, f. 6 (Hermoneura). Roed. Stett.
Ent. Zeit. 1882, 511.
Trichophthalma vicarius Schiner, Dipt. Novara 111 (Roeder). -Chile,
niveibarbis Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. Chil. 282. Phil. chil. Dipt. 655.— Chile,
nubipennis Phil. Roud. Dipt. Exot. 52. — Chile.
Philippi Rond. Dipt. Exot. 53.— Chile,
picta Phil. chil. Dipt. 657 {Hermoneura). — Chile,
pictipennis Phil. chil. Dipt. 657 Hermoneuru). — Chile,
scalaris Bigot, Dipt. Nouv. xxiii, 1877, 19. — Chile.
Ursula Phil. chil. Dipt. 659 (Hermoneura).— ChUc.
zonalis Rond. Dipt. Exot. .52. — Chile.
The Habitat of the Two Following Species is not Known
Nemestrina. albo-fasciata Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 251.
Hermoneura nigripes Macq. Dipt. Exot. ii, 1, 20.
Family ACROCERID.^:.
PTERODONTIA.
Gray in Griffith's Anim. King. 1832. Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lend. v.
analis ilacq. Wipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 226, pi. ix, f. 4. — New Granada.
* Philippi states that the chilensis Macq. of Gay is not tliat species, but perhaps
commutata Phil.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 151
dimidiata Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 513, pi. vi, f. 1.— Colombia,
virmondii Erich. Eiitomsi'- i, 163, 3. Walk. List vi, 347.— Brazil.
PTEROPEXUS.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 1, 1846.
dicolor Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 226, pi. ix, f. 2. Wulp, Tijrlsdir. Ent. xxvi.
88, pi. X, f. 1. — New Granada.
THYLLIS.
Erichson, Entouigr. 1840.
gracilis Phil. chil. Dipt. 643 (Megalyhus). West. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 511,
pi. V, f. 4. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 144. — Chile,
obesus Phil. chil. Dipt. 642 {Megalyhm).—CA\\\Q.
Philippi Schiner, Dipt. Novara 144.
Megalybns crassus Phil. chil. Dipt. 642 (Schiner;.
—Chile,
pictus Phil. chil. Dipt. 642 {MegaJybus). West. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 511, pi.
V, f. 4.— Chile,
subcylindricus Phil. chil. Dipt. 644 {Megalyhus). West. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.
1876, 512 (Megalyhus).— (MV\\q.
tristis Phil. chil. Dipt. 643 (Megalyhus). West. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 511,
pi. V, f. 5. — Valdivia.
PIALEA.
Erichson, Entomfjr. 1840.
lomata Erich. Entomgr. i, 161, pi. i, f. 9. Walk. List vi, 344.
Pialea lutescens West. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 513, pi. iv, f. 2.
— Brazil.
TERPHIS.
■ Erichson, Entomgr. 1840.
nodosa Erich. Entomgr. i, 169, pi. i, f. 10. Walk. List vi, 352.— Brazil.
OCH^A.
Erichson, Entomgr. 1840.
calida Wied. (Acrocera) Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 289, pi. 14, f. 5 (Eriosoma). — Brazil,
lugubris Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1856, 361.--Bahia.
long-icornis Erich. Entomgr. i, 156, 2, pi. i, f. 8. Walk. List vi, 343. — Brazil.
HOLOPS.
Philippi, Chil. Dipt. 1865.
cyaneus Phil. chil. Dipt. 645. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 142. —Chile.
Frauenfeldii Schiner, Dipt. Novara 143. — Chile,
inanis Phil. chil. Dipt. 645. 645.— Chile.
SPH^ROPS.
Philiippi, Chil. Dipt. 1865.
appendiculatus Phil. chil. Dipt. 646, pi. xxv, 27.— Chile.
PANOPS.
Lamarck, 1804.
carbonarixis Phil. chil. Dipt. 648. Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxv, 83.— Chile, Ar-
gentina.
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152 W. D. HUNTKK.
nigripes Phil, cliil. Diiit. 648.— Chile.
nigritarsis Hlaiich. . Phil. chil. Dipt. 647. — Chile.
ocelliger Wied. Aiiss. zw. lu.s. ii, 19. Phil. chil. Dipt. 647.^Biazil, Chile.
pullus Phil. chil. Dipt. 648.— Chile.
rufovestitus Blanch. . Phil. chil. Dipt. 647.— Chile.
ARRHYNCHU3.
Phil. Stett. Ent. Zcit, 1S71.
vittatus Phil. 1. c. 1871. 292, pi. iii, f. 6-6a.— Chile.
THERSITOMYIA.
N^oin. nov. for Thermites Phil. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1871, jji-eoccupied by Pfeiffer, Proc.
Zool. Soc. 1835, Molhiska; also used by Bate, 1857, Crustacea; and by
Pagenstecher, Froriep's Nat. 1861, Crustacea.
jacobeeus Phil. chil. Dipt. 1871, 32, p. 292.— Chile.
PHILOPOTA.
Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii. 17. pi. ix, f. 1, 1830.
conica Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 17, 1, pi. ix, f. 1. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 366.
1 ; id. Dipt. Exot. iii, 171. pi. 14, f. 4. Westwood. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond.
V, 94. Erichson, Entomjir. i, 1.53. Walk. List vi. 340.— Brazil,
histrio Erich. Entonigr. i, 153, 2. We.stw. Tr. Ent. Soc. v. 96. Walk. List vi.
340.— Brazil,
liturata Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Loud, v, 94. Walk. Li.st vi, 341.— Brazil,
maculicollis Westw. Lond. and Edinb. Phil. Mag. 1835; id. Tr. F:nt. Soc. Loud.
V, 93. Walk. List vi, 341.
Philopota vidua Erich. Entomgr. i, 153 (Walk.).
— Brazil,
ovata Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. v, 95. Walk. List vi, 341.— Brazil,
semicincta Schiuer, Dipt. Novara 144. — South America,
tuberculata Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. v, 95. Walk. List vi, 341. — Brazil.
LASIA.
Wied. Analecta Eut. 1824.
aeneiventris Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 509.— Chile,
amethystina Perty, Del. Anim. Art. Bras. 181, pi. xxxvi, f. 7. — Brazil,
auricoma Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. v, 93. Walk. List vi, 334.— Brazil,
blcolor Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 509.— Chile,
ccerulea Roud. Dipt. Exot. 74.
? Lasia nigritarsis Macq. (Rond.).
—Chile,
corvina Erich. Eutomgr. i, 143, 2. Walk. List vi, 334.— Chile,
cuprea Rond. Dipt. Exot. 75. — Chile,
raetallica Rond. Dipt. Exot. 75. — Chile,
nigripes Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 509.— Chile.
ruflpes We.stw. Tr. Eut. Soc. Loud, v, 92. Walk. List vi, 335. Schiuer, Dipt.
Novara 143. Roeder, Stett. Eut. Zeit. 1882, 510.
Panops rufus Phil. chil. Dipt. 643 (Schiuer).
Lasia mnea Phil. chil. Dipt. 647 (Roeder).
" " Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, 508 (Roeder).
-Chile.
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 153
splendens Wied. Anal. Ent. ii, 3. Wied. Auss. zw. lus. i, 330.— Brazil,
superba Schiiier, Dipt. Novara 143.— Chile.
Walker has Described Two Additional Species.
Philopota sohrin Walk. Dipt. Saund. iii, 195.— South America.
Exetasis {Ochea Schiner) tnmens Walk. Dipt. Saund. iii, 203, pi. v, f. 1.— Brazil.
The Habitat of the Following Species is not Known.
Acrocera bicolor Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 227.
Group HETERO»ACTYL,A.
Superfamily Procephala.
Family MYDAID^.
MITBODETUS.
Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868.
Cephalocera Macq. Phil. (Gerst.).
dentitarsis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 4, 56, pi. iv, f. 1 (Cephalocera). Gerst. Stett.
Ent. Zeit. 1868, 76.
Cephalocera albicincfa Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 361, pi. ii, f. 10.
Schiner, Dipt. Novara 154 (Gerst.).
Cephalocera elegans Phil. chil. Dipt. 680 (Schiner et Gerst.).
—Chile,
dimidiatus Phil. chil. Dipt. 681 (Cephalocera). Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 76.
-Chile,
leucotrictius Phil. chil. Dipt. 681 (Cephalocera). Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868,
76.— Chile.
CERIOMYDAS.
Will. Tr. Kans. Acad. Sci. 1898.
fraudlentus Will. 1. c. 29 Ann. Meeting, 58.— Brazil.
MYDAS.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, 252, 1794.
apicalis Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 2, 629; id. Mongr. 48, 14, pi. 53, f. 14. Westw.
Acarna Ent. i, 53, 29. Walk. List vi, 363. 365. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit.
1868, 73, 93. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 153, 2. E. Lynch A. Cat. 152 (44).
Midas bonariensis Serv. Guer. Icon. Anim. pi. 97. Westw. Acarna Fam.
Midas. 51. Walk. List vi, 365 (Schiner).
3Iidas igniticornis Bigot, Ann. Sec. Ent. Fr. v, 288 (SchiuW.
Midas Ingens Phil. chil. Dipt. 684 (Gerst.).
—Chile, Buenoz Aires,
argyrostomus Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 94.— Colombia.
carbonifer Osten Sacken, Bull. Buff. Soc. N. A. 1874, 186; id. Cat. 1874, 82. note,
139 (description is here repeated). Will. Kans. Acad. 2Hth Ann. Meet-
ing, 55.
New York (Osten Sacken), Brazil (Williston).
cingulatus Will. Kans. Acad. Sci. 29th Ann. Meet. 57.— Conception in Paraguay.
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154 W. D. HUNTER.
claripennis Will. Tr. Kans. Acad. Sci. 29th Ann. Meeting, 56.— Brazil,
clavatus Diury, 111. Nat. Hist, i, 103, pi. 44, f. 1 (Musca). Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit.
1868, 65. Oriten Sacken, Cat. 1878, 84. West. Acarn. Ent. i, 51.
Bibiofiliata Fahr. Maut. ii, 328; id. Syst. Ent. iv, 252; id. Syst. Antl. 60, 1;
id. Syst. Ent. 757. 2. Latr. Gen. Crast. et Ins. iv, 295; id. Diet. Hist.
Nat. xxiv, 192, 548. Dueril, Cons. Ins. pi. 48, f. 8. Wied. Dipt. Exot.
i, 116, 2; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 240: id. Mongr. 4.3, 8, pi. 53. f. 8.
Nemofelus asiliodes De Geer, Memoir, vi. pi. 29, f. 6.
Midas atratus Maeq. Dipt. Exot. i, 11, 2 (Gerst.).
coerulescens Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii, 83, 3. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 95.
Midas gigantem Tlmnherg, Vatensk. Acad. Handl. 1818. 246, f. 9. Westw.
Arsan. Ent. i, 50, 2. Cuvier, Regn. Anin. Novu. (ed. Masson), Ins. pi.
172, 2. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i, 239; id. Mongr. 38, pi. 52, f. 1 ; id. Auss.
zw. Ins. i, 239. Bond. Oss. E.sap. Ditt. 184. Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl.
i, 189. Walk. List vi, 361.— South America, Brazil,
dives Westw. Arcan. Ent. i, 50, pi. 1.3, f. 1. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 94. O.
Socken, Biol. C. Am. Dipt, iii, 70. Will. Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 29th
Ann. Meeting 55. — Panama, Brazil ( Williston).
gracilis Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, 274, pi. 7, f. 1. Westw. Acar. Ent. i, 52. Gerst.
Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 97. -South America,
heros Perty, Del. Amim. Art. Bras. 183, pi. xxxvi, f. 11. Westw. Fam. Midas.
50. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 94.— Brazil,
leucops Oliv. Nov. Act. Acad. Cur. xv, i. T. ii. Wied. Mongr. 45, 10, pi. 52, 10;
id. Au.ss. zw. Ins. ii, 628, 32. Westw. Arcan. Ent. i, 52. Gerst. Stett.
Ent. Zeit. 1868, 96.— Brazil,
mystaceus Wied. Mongr. Midarum, 40, pi. 52. f. 3; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 626.
Westw. Fam. Midas. 51. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 94.
Mydas annuliconiis Westw. Arcan. Ent. i, 51. Walk. List vi, 464 (Gerst.).
— Surinam, Brazil,
nitidulus Oliv. Eucycl. Meth. viii, 83, 2. Wied. Mongr. 41, 4, pi. 52, 4; id. Auss.
zw. Ins. ii, 626, 28. Westw. Fam. .Midas. 51. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit.
1868, 94, 2.
Midas nitida Lichst. Mus. Holthugs 213 (Westw.).
South America, Surinam,
notospilus Wied. Mongr. 52, 20. pi. 54, f. 20; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 244, 10. West.
Arcan. Ent. i, 54. Walk. Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1837, 339. Gerst. Stett.
Ent. Zeit. 101. 38. Will. Tr. Kans. Acad. Sci. 29th Ann. Meeting 57.—
Montevideo, Brazil.
Paulseni Phil. chil. Dipt. 682, pi. xxv, 22 (Apiphora). Scbiner, Dipt. Novara
154 (Rhopalia). Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 99.— Chile,
rubrocinctus Blanch. Gay. Hist. Chil. Zool. vii, 362, Dipt. PI. 2, f. 11. Phil.
chil. Dipt. 683. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 99, 28.- Chile,
rubidapex Wied. Mongr. 40, 2, pi. iii. f. 2. Schiner, Dipt. Novara 152. Bell.
Ditt. Mess, ii, 5. Osten Sacken, Biol. C. A. Dipt, i, 70. Will. Kans.
.\cad. 29tli .\nn. Meeting 55. — South America, Guatemala, Mexico. '
.■uflventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 4, 60, 8. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868. 99.
26. Will. Kans. Acad Sci. 29th Ann. Meeting .56.
Mydas miliiaris Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 99, noni. nov. \iyo Mydas vitta-
fiis Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 4, 60, pi. iv, f. 6. Bell. Ditt. Mess, ii, 7.
Will. Kans. Acad. Sci. 29th Ann. Meeting 56.
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Mydas ventralis Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 102, noai. nov. pro Mydas rufi-
ventris Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x, 14, preoe. Macq. vide supra. — Brazil,
Mexico, California,
testaceiventris Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 4, 61, pi. 5, f. 6, Gerst. Stett. Ent.
1868, 99, 27.— Uruguay,
virg-atus Wied. Mongr. 51, 18, pi. o4, f. 19; id. Auss. zw. Ins. ii, 630, 35. West.
Arcan. Ent. i, 53 Gerst. Stett. P^nt. Zeit. 1868, 97, 15.— Brazil.
sp. Will. Kans. Acad. Sci. 29tli Ann. Meet. 56. — Brazil.
DOLICHOGASTER.
Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. iii, 178, 1848.
iopterus Wied. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 241. Eoeder, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1883, 426. Will.
Kans. Acad. Sci. 29th Ann. Meet. 57.
Dolichogaster brevicornis Wied. Mongr. 45, pi. 53, f. 9; id. Dipt. Exot. i, 111;
id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 241. Westw. Acarn. Ent. i, 52 {Mydas). Macq.
Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 3, 17, pi. ii, f. 2. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 103.
— Brazil.
MBGASCELUS.®
Phil. chil. Dipt. 1865.
nigricornis Phil. chil. Dipt. 683.
The Habitat of the Following is Not Known.
Mydas atratus Macq. Dipt. Exot. i, 2, 127.
" continnus Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. ii, 2, 177, pi. ii.
" fasciatus Wied. Mongr. 50, pi. 54, f. 7 ; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 243.
" politus Wied. Monor. 43, pi. 53, f. 7; id. Auss. zw. Ins. i, 240. Westw. Fam.
Midas. 51. Gerst. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1868, 94, 1.
* The family location of this genus is a matter of some doubt. Schiner (Dipt.
Novara 151) states that it is the same as Dolichogaster ; but Gerstaecker (Stett.
Ent. Zeit. 70) excludes it altogether from the family.
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156 ROLAND HAYWARl).
DESCRIPTIOXS OF XEW SPECIES.
BY ROLAND HAYWARD.
Since the j)ul)lication of my paper on the North American- spe-
cies of Bembidium,^ I have had, through the kindness of Mons.
Rene Oberthiir, of Rennes, an opportunity to study the types of
those species of that genus described by Baron Chaudoir which
were then unl^nown to me, and the original descriptions of w'hich
were publislied in the appendix. I have thus been enabled to de-
termine their synonymy, wdiich entails, however, but few changes in
our nomenclature. This it is proposed to give in the present paper.
One new species has also been described, which, although represented
by an unique in my cabinet, seems too distinct to remain longer with-
out a name. My collection still contaijis several examples which
cannot be satisfactorily placed, but as they are mostly uniques and
are all referable either to group planatum or group variegatum, both
very troublesome ones, it seems best to let them remain undescribed
until sucli time as the limits of variation shall be more clearly de-
termined in the groups to which they belong.
B. {eiiilliiiii 11. .s|i. — Form robust, very convex. Color bronzed, soniewliRt
shiuiufi, the elytra with the margin and punctures grreenisb ; surface alutaceous.
Head slightly wider than the thorax at apex ; eyes large, prominent; antennae
about as long as tlie head and thorax, piceous, tlie basal joints paler; palpi testa-
ceous, darker towards the tip. Prothorax subtrapezoidal, very distinctly wider
at base than apex, about one-half wider than long; apex bi-emarginate, the ante-
rior angles prominent and acute; transverse impi'essions obsolete; median line
very fine, entire; basal impressions very feeble, single; surface linely rugose at
base and apex; base truncate, obliquely so each side; sides very finely margined,
slightly arcuate in front, very feebly sinuate in front of the hind angles, which
are subrectangular and not carinate. Elytra about one-half wider than the
thorax, oblong-ovate, subparallel, deeply striate ; humeri subangulate ; strise punc-
tate, scarcely less deeply towards the apex, entire, the tifth slightly grooved at
tip, the eighth distinct from the margin ; dorsal punctures two, situated on the
third interval near the third stria, the first about the middle, the second about
one-fourth from apex ; intervals slightly convex. Hody beneath black, tinged
with greenish, shining. Legs testaceous. Length .17 inch ; 4.25 mm.
» Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, 1897, xxiv, pp. 32-143.
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 1'5'
A very singular little species belonging to the group eoxe7ulix of
my monograph. It seems best placed between scidptaratum and
7^obusticolle.
It is known to me by one female from Cedar Co., Iowa.
B. dilatatuni Lee.
B. platydernm Chaud. is synonymous with this species.
B. riifotiiictuni Chaud.
Tins name must be substituted for hUmchardi Hayw. A com-
parison of the types shows that the two are identical. Under his
description Chaudoir gives no locality, merely stating that it was
received from Guex. The "faux air de planum'' mentioned is
quite expressive.
B. viridicolle Laf.— Form moderately elongate, slightly depressed. Color
dark £eueoHS or nearly black, the head and thorax distinctly tinged with green
and strongly alutaceous, the elytra more finely alutaceous, with an ill-defiued mar-
ginal spot about one-third from base extending inwards as far as the fifth inter-
space and also for some distance along the margin, a more distinct apical spot and
the inflexed portion pale. Head as wide as the thorax at apex ; eyes large, promi-
nent- frontal grooves distinct; antennje about one-half as long as the body,
rufous, the outer joints scarcely darker; palpi rufous. Prothorax subcordate,
about one-half wider than long, distinctly narrower at base than apex ; apex sub-
truncate ; transverse impressions nearly obsolete ; median line very fine, abbrevi-
ated at each end: basal impressions distinct, bistriate ; base subtruncate; sides
with the margin verv narrowly reflexed, strongly arcuate, .sinuate in front of the
hind angles, wliich are subrectangular and very finely carinate. Elytra oblong-
ovate, about one-half wider than the thorax, finely striate ; stride distinctly punc-
tate to behind the middle, the first, second and fifth entire, the latter grooved at
tip- intervals nearly fiat ; dorsal punctures on the third interval, the first about
one-third from base, the second about one-third from apex. Body beneath
nearly black. Legs rufous. Length .20 inch ; 5 mm.
The apical spot referred to in the description is apparently com-
posed of a subapical and an apical one united, that of the two elytra
together having somewhat the form of a horse-shoe, as remarked by
Chaudoir.
It is closely allied to cordatwn and should be placed in our lists
between that species and nubiculosum. To the kindness of Mons.
Oberthiir I am indebted for an opportunity of studying La Ferte's
type.
I have compared an example of hamiferum Chaud., received trom
Mons. Oberthiir, with the type of viridicolle, and can detect no
difference between them. As the specimen of havviferum had been
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158 ROLAND IIAYVVARD.
carefully comjnired with Cliaudoir's type, the latter must be re-
garded as a synonym of the present species.* Both were described
from Texas, and the only two examples known to me are from that
State.
It. obertliiiri n. sp.
This name is proposed for the species which has heretofore been
regarded in this country as viridicolle Laf., and to which that name
Was assigned in my paper on the North American species of the
genus. The error was pointed c^ut to me by Mons. Oberthiir, and
it is with great pleasure that I dedicate the species to him as a
slight token of regard.
B. timid II III Lee.
To this species B. sordidulum Chaud. must be referred.
B. contracluin Say.
B. pilatei Chaud. is synonymous with this species.
B, constricticolie Hayw.
The arrangement of the dorsal punctures in this species is wrongly
described in my j)aper on Bembidium. The two specimens known
to me, when the description was written, were both badly rubbed,
and the arrangement of the punctures is seen, on studying other
material, to be practically the same as in semistriatum Hald. This
is also observable in the type when examined under higher power.
It should therefore be referred to the same group as the latter
species.
* Since writing the above I have received word from Mons. 01)erthur tliat
hamiferum and viridicolle seem to him to belong to the same species.
AMKRICAN DIPTERA. 159
NEW AND LITTLE KNOWIV DIPTEKA FROiVI THE
ORGAN i»IOL'NTAINS ANI> VICINITY
IN NEW MEXICO.
BY C. H. T. TOWNSEND.
The f()llo\vin<^ are descriptions and notes made some time since,
which it is thought desirable to publish at the present time :
^■iyHtropiis aminophiloi<le^ n. sp.
Three males, September 3rd, 4th and 5th ; and one female, Sep-
tember 5th, all on flowers of Lippia wrightii, at La Cueva (Riley's
Ranch), Organ Mts., N. M., about 5300 ft. Difl^ers from Loew's
description of macer as follows :
Length of botli sexes 14 to 14.5 mm. not incliuling antennae, which are 3 mm.,
aud not making allowance for curvature of abdomen. Length of wing 8 to 10
mm. It is thus a larger, more robust species. Length of head and thorax taken
together, 4 to 4.75 mm. Length of antennje, as given above, was taken straight,
not following the angle. Third antennal joint 2.25 to nearly 3 times length of
second. Spots of humeri and hind angles of thorax bright yellow, instead of
white. First abdominal segment sometimes rufous on posterior half, more often
with but little or no rufous. Last three segments always black, as in macer.
Cosfe all black. Anterior femora rufous in middle on underside, all the rest of
legs black, except white and yellow pubescent lines on front and middle tibise
and metatarsi. Halteres soft brownish, whole anterior side of knobs and distal
half of posterior side yellow. Wings pale fuscous, a distinctly deeper fuscous
occupying costal cells, proximal two-thirds or more of marginal cell, proximal
half of first submarginal cell, and vicinity of anterior cross-vein. Anotlier area
of deeper fuscous occupies proximal half of second basal cell, usually continued
along inner border to posterior cross-vein, which is also clouded with it. Some-
times the deeper shading is subobsolete or of less extent in marginal aud sub-
marginal cells. Origin of third vein still more deeply clouded, showing a dark
brown spot, and this is usually the case with the anterior cross-vein. First an-
tennal joint somewhat sparsely clothed with tine white pubescence, sometimes
showing as yellowish, second joint thickly clothed with shorter black pubescence.
The pubescence of first joint appears black if not examined with proper light.
The hind legs are excessively elongate, being 18 to nearly 22 mm.
long. The sexual differences pointed out by Osten Sacken in the
Biologia are exactly the same in this species.
This is a most interesting fly, as it imitates very closely a common
Amniophila, which visits the same flowers of Lippia urightii, and
which Professor Cockerell says is probably A. vulgaris Cr. In his
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160 C. H. T. TOWNSEND,
Western Diptera, Osten Sacken recoi'ds two cases of Systropus being
bred from larv?e of Limacodes. Doubtless all the species of Systro-
jnis mimic more or less closely some species of aculeata hymenop-
tera, as does the present certain species of Ammopldla. Certainly
the close imitation of Aimiiophila by the [)resent species must mean
something, either that the Systropus is parasitic in its larval state in
Ammophila (larva, pupa or adult*, or possibly that it is parasitic in
some of the larvse with which Ammophila stores its nests. The lat-
ter supposition would explaiu the above records by Osten Sacken of
its parasitism of Limacodes. The long hind legs are an important
part in the mimicry. The Systropus allows them to hang down when
flying, just as does Ammophila.
The American species oi' Systropus so far known are divisible into
two groups, corresponding apparently to the temperate and tropical
faunal regions, the temperate group characterized by the abdomen
being black at both ends and red in the middle, the five species of
whi(:;h are all from the United States ; the other characterized by
the abdomen not being so colored, the ten species of which occur
collectively from Mexico to Brazil. For a synoptic table of the
neotropical species, see Osten Sacken, Biologia C. A. Dipt. 1, p. 157,
where this division of groups is adopted. The following table will
separate the U. S. species, but it also, like Osten Sacken's, is made
from descriptions and must be used with caution :
Thorax with humeral spots ; abdomen red except base and tip 2.
Thorax without humeral spots; abdomen black with red in middle and of less
extent 4.
2. Humeral spots white; front coxae red, middle ones red and black.
' ' . i*"'- ■; iiiacer Loew.
Humeral spots red or yellow, all the coxae black 3.
3. Legs extirely black, humeral spots red like abdomen, wings with only the
veins infuscate, third antenual joint not twice as long as second.
augiilatii*« Karsch.
Front and middle tibiae and metatarsi striate with white and yellow pubescent
lines, humeral spots bright yellow, strongly contrasted with color of
abdomen; wings distinctly infuscate with costal portion more deeply
so ; third antennal joint between 2 and 3 times as long as second.
aiiiiiiopliiloidcs n. sp.
4. Legs wholly black i ii I iiscat ii!!t Karsch.
Legs striate, with yellow anteriorly iiiibecilliis Karsch.
Volucella opalesceiiis n. sp.
One female, La Cueva (Riley's Ranch), Organ Mts., September
4th, in flowers of Datura meteloides before sunrise. Differs from
AMERICAN DIPTERA. 161
Williston's description of ch(]etophora (Syii. Syrph., pp. 149-50), as
follows :
Length about 8 mm. Face, front and antennae brownish yellow, the front
appearing yellowish brown when viewed from above, the orbits with a very nar-
row, inconspicuous, white polliuose line. Face strongly produced downward,
lower border of cheeks forming an angle of about 120 degrees with plane of occi-
put. Cheeks greenish black on posterior portion next occiput. Face well hol-
lowed below antennae, tubercle rounded -obtuse but conspicuous. Third antennal
joint rather elongate, four or more times as long as second, wide, but little nar-
rowed distally, arista concolorous with antennae. Pile of front and face brown-
ish yellow. Dorsum of thorax and scutellum opalescent, milky, greenish blue or
milky olive, with violet to cupreous metallic reflections, the scutellum more
darkly blue, with violet or purplish reflections. The prescutellar row of bristles
is weak but distinct. Scutellum with six to eight bristles. Pile of thorax and
scutellum yellowish like that of front. Abdomen wholly deep shining bluish
green. Legs blackish or brown ; knees, metatarsi and next tarsal joint yellowish.
Wings clear, bases and stigmal area pale yellowish, following distal half third
costal cell to its extremity; stigma and anterior cross-vein brown. Pile of abdo-
men short, even, close, appearing whitish from above but brownish yellow from
sides, giving no fasciate appearance to abdomen which is uniformly colored and
shining. The width of abdomen is about equal to its length, measuring 4 mm.
in both dimensions. The pleurae are rather yellowish brown. Second vein regu-
lar. Marginal cell closed and short petiolate. Anterior cross-vein rather near
base discal cell.
This is a most interesting species, occurring as it does at the west-
ern base of the Organ Mts., for it belongs to the neotropical group
of V. amethystina, as defined by me in Ann. and Mag. of X. H.,
ser. 6, vol. 20, July, 1897, pp. 25-30, where five similar species
taken by me in the State of Vera Cruz, near Jical tepee, on flowers
of Cordia sp., are described. It is more nearly allied to opallna and
chcetophora than to the others. It differs from them in having the
face produced downward into an acute cone, not right-angled coni-
cal as in those species; and in the third antennal joint not being
narrowed on distal half.
Toliicella haagii Jaenn.
A small female specimen, measuring only 11.5 mm., taken Sep-
tember 5tli, at La Cueva, Organ Mts., in flower of Datura meteloi-
des before sunrise. Other larger specimens were seen on several
previous mornings, from daylight to sunrise, in the same flowens,
but wei'e not caught owing to their extreme wariness.
Coiiops aurafiiM n. sp.
Three males and one female. La Cueva (Riley's Ranch), Organ
Mts., about 5300 ft. ; the males August 29th, September 4th and
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162 C. H. T. TOWNSEND.
5th ; the female September 5th. All on flowers of Lippia wrightii,
the August 29th specimen collected by Professor Cockerell, the
others by myself.
Male and female : related to C. excisus Wied. (Fla., Ga., N. Caro-
lina) and rufus Will. (Brazil). DiflTers from Williston's description
of excisus (Tr. Conn. Acad, iv, 1882, pp. 380-331) as follows :
Cheeks with a large brown spot taking up their whole area, except outer poste-
rior corner. Proboscis more than twice length of head, head being about 2.5 mm.
and proboscis 5.5 nun. Third antennal joint wholly black (female specimen) to
distal half black (two male specimens, the other male having it black except red-
dish at base). Second antennal joint about as long as third including wliole of
style. The second joint of style is large and subtriangular in outline, the en-
largement projected inwardly, forming a conspicuous process on inner side of
style. The vertex and front are of much the same yellow as face, but the vertex
is tinged with reddish, and the front on median line and sides posteriorly is
tinged with blackish. Occiput deep reddisli, yellowish on inferior third, orbital
line of yellowish pollen extending broatily across below vertex present. Ground
color of thorax deep reddish, the black appearing in three heavy vittse, the me-
dian one extending to anterior border of thorax between the golden yellow hu-
meral spots and being more or less split at posterior end, whic^h continues only to
point halfway between transverse suture and scutellum. The lateral vittse ex-
tend from humeral spots to point three-fourths or more between transverse suture
and scutellum, and are narrowly interrupted at transverse suture. Scutellum
same reddish as thorax; metanotum reddish, upper half of disk golden yellow
pollinose, lower half blackish, sides of metanotum golden pollinose, excejit that
pollen appears faint on upper hollowed half. Narrow lateral border of thorax
golden, showing in a line continued back from humeral spots to wing bases. The
golden spots of thorax, etc., are apparently as in excisus; in all the specimens ex-
cept one male there is a trace of golden pollen on median line on posterior mar-
gin of mesoscutum. Abdomen same reddish as thorax, first segment with nar-
row anterior margin of black, rest of first segment goldwn pollinose, with silvery
on sides; second segment golden pollinose on posterior third or more, extending
on to anterior margin of third segment; third segment of male blackish across
middle, the black merging insensibly in front into the reddish, but changed ab-
ruptly behind into golden pollinose, which takes up posterior third or more of
length of segment. Fourth, fifth and sixth .segments of male wholly densely
golden pollinose, except that fourth shows the reddish ground color narrowly,
sometimes more widely, on anterior margin. Female differs by having third seg.
menl without black across middle or only a faint tinge of it, the golden fascia
being subarcuate, with posterior border behind it blackish or brown, the latter
color thus having arcuate anterior border and being widene<i in middle and
tapered laterally ; fourth segment reddish, with rather narrow blackish or brown
posterior border, in front of which is narrow golden |)ollinose fascia bulged ante-
riorly on median third ; fifth, sixth and seventh segments wholly densely golden
pollinose like fourth to sixth of male, but the reddish shows on one side on ante-
rior margin of fifth segment, which, by the way, is very short in female and
bears on underside a very large and stout i)rocess slightly curved and measuring
2 mm. in length. Sixth segment of female about as long as two preceding seg-
AMERICAN DIPTERA. 163
nients taken togrether. Legs yellowish red, outside of all the tihise white polli-
nose, hut hiud pair sometimes very faintly so. Outside of cox-.e golden whitish,
posterior cox?e silvery. Claws yellowish, with black tips, pul villi yellow. Wings
clouded with fusions or blackish on anterior (outer) half as follows: costj^l cells
clear, auxiliary vein and cross-vein at each end of it yellowish; all the basal
cells clear; discal cell clear, except black cloud along whole posterior margin, this
cloud widest in middle, its proximal half filling almost exactly posterior (inner)
half of proximal half of cell. First posterior cell with a spurious vein, abruptly
clear behind (inside) of this vein, otherwise wholly clouded, except that the
clouding fades into a nearly clear rather wide border along last section of fourth
vein, this clear area ending distally in a point. Second and third posterior cells,
anal angle and alula wholly clear. Veins along basal ^including anal) cells yel-
lowish. Marginal and submarginal cells wholly blackish. Halteres bright yel-
low. Sexual processes of female on underside of abdomen, with space between
them, black, especially the smaller anal one, the latter red on base, the large ante-
rior one reddish on base and tip. Length of males 14.5 to 15.5 mm. ; of female
13.5 mm. Length of wing of male 10 to 11 mm.; of female 9.5 mm.
This species approaclies botli excisus and rufus in the large ven-
tral process of female, as well as in the prevailing reddish and yel-
low colors and picture of the wings.
Rhaphioinidas xanlhos Towns.
Three specimens, September 10th ; one male and one female,
mesa east of Las Cruces in the Larrea belt, and one female dead on
sidewalk in town of Las Cruces. This is the first record of the
occurrence of the family Apioceridse in New Mexico.
The female from the mesa measures 24 mm. in length not includ-
ing antennae or probo.scis. It has the second, third and fourth
abdominal segments clouded laterally, and on median line with
brown, the fourth more extensively so laterally than the others.
The fifth, i«ixth and seventh segments are brownish in both females.
The other female (the one found dead on sidewalk) measures only
19.5 mm. in length (excluding antennse, etc.), and has abdominal
segments 2, 3 and 4 wholly yellowish as in the male specimen. The
male measures 20.5 mm. in length not following curvature of abdo-
men, and has abdominal segments 2 to anal wholly yellowish, ex-
cept that 2 has a median anterior spot of dark brown. All three
of the specimens have first abdominal segment blackish, this color
nearly concealed by rather dense white pile, the pile of the other
segments being yellowish. The eyes are vivid bright green. The
last three abdominal segments in the females are alniost bare of
pile compared with the other segments, and appear glabrous.
It will be seen from the above notes that the feniale from the
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164 C. II. T. TOWNSEND,
niesa approaches acton Coq. in having brown on second to fourth
segments, though the brown does not appear as a front border to
the segments as in that species. It is best referable to xanthos at
present, but may prove to be a good variet}' on the collection of
further material. The male and tlie other female agree perfectly,
both in size and abdominal coloration, the anal segments of male
being also yellowish and the hypopygium brownish yellow.
The occurrence of the family Apioceriche in New Mexico is of
extreme interest, and particularly so is the occurrence of the genus
Rhaphiomidas ; not only the genus, but also the family so far as
North America is concerned, being heretofore known only from
California and Lower California. It should be mentioned that
Professor Cockerell caught an "asilid-like fly" on the sand hills
near Mesilla Park, N. M., on May 21st, which was determined by
Mr. D. W. Cocjuillett as Apiocern hnruspex O. S. The specimen
was not returned, and is now in the National Museum. I am
inclined to doubt the determination until it is verified or other
specimens are collected in that locality.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 165
I¥EW SPECIES OF GEOxllETKID^ FROxW
TROPICAL. AMERICA.
BY W. SCHAUS.
Part 1.
Subfain. BoARMiiNiE.
Opiisithuxia claudiaria.— Vertex light brown, collar white. Thorax
brownish, abdomen the same, with a white transverse line near base. Primaries
reddish brown ; the costa to near apex broadly creamy white; the outer half of
inner margin finely silvery white; fringe yellowish. Secondaries reddish brown ;
the inner margin finely white; a silvery white transverse inner line, very broad
on costa ; a fine silvery violat^eous line follows the outer margin, circles inwardly
at apex and crosses wing to anal angle ; between veins 6 and 7 a black spot, con-
taining silvery scales and circled with white. Expanse 32 ram.
Hab. — Rio Janeiro.
Opiithalinopliora farantes. — Vertex whitish; collar grey; abdomen
dark grey at base, otherwise light brown. Wings with a dark grey outer line,
angled below subcostal vein on primaries, then perpendicular to vein 2, thence it
becomes white and is inwardly oblique to the inner margin of secondaries near
base, the space within this line is dark grey, slightly mottled with white in the
cell of primaries anteriorly ; the costa is entirely white to apex ; the space beyond
the line is reddish brown, lightest on secondaries; the outer margin of primaries
is somewhat streaked with white ; the secondaries are powdered with red scales,
and there is a finesubterminal silvery line inwardly curving at apex and descend-
ing to vein 6 ; a small black spot with silvery scales between veins 6 and 7 ; fringe
of wings pale yellow. Underneath wings are whitish grey. Expanse 35 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Opiithalinopliora crcesaria. — Frons and palpi yellow. Thorax vio-
laceous; abdomen light brown. Primaries violaceous brown, costal margin, apex,
part of the outer margin and outer half of inner margin yellow. Secondaries
reddish brown, mottled with yellow along the outer margin ; a yellow transverse
basal band ; an outer row of four black spots containing silver scales, and circled
with yellow which is again finely outlined with black ; a subterminal silver line.
Expanse 24 mm.
Hab.— Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Opiithalinopliora dora.— Head buff, color greyish. Thorax and abdo-
men yellow. Primaries bright yellow, with some reddish bnff strife, forming an
outer and subterminal shade; costa broadly dark brown; a few scattered silver
scales about the basal half of inner margin. Secondaries bright yellow, with
light brown strise and more numerous silver scales ; at apex a reddish buff spot
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166 W. SCHAUS.
partly outlined in silver and containing a black point with some silver scales.
Some terminal black and silver points. Expanse 28 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Argyroloine inexicaria.— Body light grey. Wings silvery grey, with
a few scattered metallic scales; primaries with the costa, fine, buff; an elongated
discal spot buflF, speckled with silver scales ; a subterminal buflf band not reach-
ing the costa and outwardly spotted with silver between the veins, this band pre-
ceded by a faint darker grey shade, the outer margin streaked with darker grey.
Secondaries: a darker grey discal spot, a subterminal buff line outwardly bor-
dered with silver, a terminal buff line inwardly spotted with black and silver.
Expanse 26 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. Allied to both A. prospectata Snell. and
A. melee Druce.
Bysso<Ies biinaciila. — Wliite. Primaries: the costa with numerous
black striie ; the inner first very oblique, the median less so, the outer and sub-
terminal lines nearly straight, a fine terminal darker brown line. Secondaries
with the inner median and subterminal lines of primaries continued and con-
verging at a yellow space about prolongation of wing, this yellow space contains
two black spots, the terminal line geminate. Expanse 32 mm.
Hub. — Peru. Very similar to B. alodia Dogn., but differ.^ in
more extended yellow space on secondaries and having two instead
of a single black spot.
Bapta iniionia. — Vertex dark brown. Body white. Wings yellowish
white, with a few scattered brown scales, a fine dark outer line crosses both
wings. (Postal margin of primaries finely yellow. Fringe white. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to Bapta circumvallaria Snell.
Bapta poiniiia. — Vertex bi'own. Body white. Wings silvery white, with
a few scattered brown scales, chiefly on outer margins, a black point in the cells,
an outer fine brown lunular line. Primaries with a trace of median line above
inner margin and the costa finely yellowish. Exjianse 22 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Bapta fidrata. — Vertex brown. Body buff. Wings light hull", thinly
speckled with sligiitly darker scales, an indistinct fine outer line crosses both
wings. The primaries witli the costa finely brown, a small dark point in the
cell. Expanse 23 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to Bapta liebetior Warr., which
I have, unfortunately, redescribed as B. ruptilinea.
Bapta |;ri!«eata. — Vertex brown. Body and wings white, thickly cov-
ered with bluish grey scales. The costa of primaries narrowly liglit reddish
brown, a dark point in the cell, and indistinct, outer and subterminal lines.
Underneath white, the costal half of primaries shaded with light brown. A ter-
minal black line above atul below. Exi)anse 29 mm.
Hab. — Bolivia.
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Ba|»la testacea. — Vertex light brown. Body and wings yellowish white,
the latter with a few brownish scattered scales, a very indistinct outer line, a
black point in the cells, and a fine terminal brown line. Expanse 27 mm.
Hah. — Guadalajara, Mexico.
Deiliiiea dubitaria. —Head yellow. Body white. Wings silvery white,
with some faint grey striae cliiefly about the outer margins, the strite also forming
an indistinct straiglit outer line and wavy inner line, a fine terminal dark line.
Expanse 33 mm.
Hab. —Bolivia.
Diastictis paillensis. — Wings whitish grey, with a few pale brown
specks and strige. Costal margin of primaries with four dark brown spots and
very faint traces of inner, median and outer lines, and an interrupted dark tei'-
niinal line. Underneath buff. Primaries with the disk suffused with brown and
faint dai'k median, outer and subterminal lines. Secondaries with some outer
blotches of brownish scales. A terminal row of black points on both wings. Ex-
panse 27 mm.
Hub.— 8ao Paulo, S. E.
Wyrtela coaiiaria. — Vertex ochreous. Thorax and abdomen greyish
white. Wings white irrorated with grey scales, lines greyish brown, the median
line angled at costa then inwardly oblique, the outer line from costa near apex
to inner margin at two-thirds from base, the outer line continued on secondaries
to middle of inner margins ; a darker terminal line. Expanse 38 mm.
Hab. — Coatepec, Mexico.
Seiiiiotliisa evanaria. — Very pale huff, with the shadings slightly
darker. The surface of the wings thickly speckled with light brown, a narrow
wavy median shade, the outer line very fine, followed by a broad branching to
the outer margin below apex of primaries, where the excision is slight. Undei"-
neath yellowish, with the median and outer shades very distinct reddish brown ;
on secondaries a small dark brown discal spot. Expanse 32 mm.
Hab. — Petropolis, Brazil.
Seiniotliii^a dentilaria. — Body greyish brown. Primaries moderately
excised. Secondaries slightly dentate. Wings whitish, thickly speckled with
grey, lines reddish brown, basal and median Hues wavy, outer line finely dentate,
followed by a broad dark greyish shade, outer margins mottled with white, a tei--
minal dark line. Underneath lighter, the lines indistinct, the shade beyond
outer line reddish brown. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Seiiiiolhisa iiiayana.— Whitish, speckled with prey and black, lines
yellowish, with black points on veins, very fine, wavy, starting from brown spots
on costa, the outer line followed by a larger brown spot on costa resting on -some
black scales below vein 7, a geminate black spot at vein 4, the outer margin dark
grey. Excision below apex moderate. Underneath whitish, speckled with grey,
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168 W. SCHAUS.
the veins yellowish, distinct black points in cell, the subterminal shade distinct
brownish, some white at apex of primaries. Expanse 23 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
^ieiiiiolliisa Josefaria.— Greyish white, with some slightly darker
speckles; lines darker, very fine, wavy, indistinct, the outer line spotted with
brown on veins 3 and 4 and followed by a brown sjjot; the costal spots brownish,
the subterminal spots the most conspicuous; a dark grey subterminal shade; a
terminal dark line. Underneath yellowish white, speckled with gray, the lines
more distinct ; the subterminal shade dull dark grey. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, ^Mexico. Close to S. Kmidaria Walker.
SeiniofJiiixa rainparia. — Primaries with outer margin straight below
apex. Secondaries rounded. Wings pale buff, s])eckled with light grey; lines
fine, greyish, inner line straight, median line slightly oblique, outer line slightly
rounded below costa, then parallel with outer margin and dividing two velvety
black spots, one between veins three and four, the other between veins six and
seven. Secondaries with the lines parallel and straight from costa to inner mar-
gin. Underneath yellowish, thickly speckled with grey : the outer line on pri-
maries closely followed by another line from vein 3 to apex. Expanse 24 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Semiotliisa valmonaria.— 9- Primaries faintly excised below apex.
Wings light brown ; lines very fine, slightly darker, with dark brown points on
veins. Primaries: costa greyish, with three large brown spots; some whitish
scales before apex ; a terminal dark line. Underneath ochreous, thinly speckled
with brown ; the median line distinct; a subterminal wavy dark line, followed
at apices by dark gray patches containing white scales. Expanse 30 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico.
SeiniotliiKa diMcata. — Light violaceous brown. Primaries with the
costa greyish, with three brown spots; some whitish scales and a yellow streak
at apex ; lines very fine and indistinct, yellowish brown, with dark spots on
veins. Secondaries somewhat speckled with black, the lines somewhat more dis-
tinct; both wings with a large blackish brown spot between veins 2-5, and lower
outer portion of cells, divided into four by the veins, which are pale buff where
dividing the sj)ot; excision below apex moderate. Secondaries with margins den-
tate. Underneath yellow, speckled with brown ; lines indistinct, except a sub-
terminal wavy dark brown line; outer margin brownish about apex of primaries,
with a white speckled streak ; some white spots at apex of secondaries. Expanse
29 mm.
Hah. — Costa Rica.
Seiniolliisa pollroiiaria.— Light greyish brown, somewhat speckled
with darker brown; four brown spots on costa of primaries at origin of lines;
liasal, median and outer lines fine, slightly darker than ground color, spotted
with black on the veins; outer margins slightly darker ; fringe at excision below
apex, which is deep, dai'k brown ; no basal line on secondaries; small discal spots
in cells. Underneath mottled white and yellow, thickly speckled with dark
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brown ; lines dark brown, tlie outer line followed by a straigbt brown line, out-
wardly shaded witli brown towards costa. Expanse 34 mm.
Hah. — Peru.
Seiniotrhisa. fiilcoiiitria. — Apex of primaries broad, produced, excision
deep. Wings whitish speckled with grey and clouded with olivaceous gray
beyond outer line. Primaries with three brownish spots on costa ; basal and
median lines fine, wavy, olivaceous grey; outer line angled below costa and
above inner margin, otherwise straight, velvety brown, followed by two brown
spots between veins 3 and .5. On secondaries the outer line is usually very faint
and indistinct. Underneath white, speckled with grey and reddish brown ;
discal points distinct ; veins reddish brown; the outer line followed by greyish
shadings; the apices broadly reddish brown. Expanse 27 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico.
f^emiot'liisa fiiiaria.— J. White, speckled with light and dark grey;
oblique grey discal spots; lines brownish grey, distinct. Primaries: basal line
angled below costa, then straight; median line nearly straight ; outer line slightly
wavy, heavily marked with dark brown at vein 4, and followed by a geminate
black spot, beyond the outer line a narrow, dull grey line to inner angle, termi-
nal line brown, excision moderate. ■ Secondaries with the median line wavy,
the outer line dentate. Underneath white, thinly speckled with brown ; the
lines fine, greyish brown, distinct, the outer line followed by a brown band
having a paler centre ; a dark grey shade at excision. Expanse 25 mm.
The % is paler and has no brown spots on or after outer line.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Kemiothisa trislaria sp. nov. — Primaries acute, hardly excavated.
Secondaries with an angle on outer margin. Body butf Wings light buft'.
in-orated, with brownish and cream color scales; a basal darkish line on the
primaries, forming a slight angle in the cell ; an indistinct median shade on both
wings, the outer line fine, wavy, light brown, with a brown point on each vein,
and followed on the primaries by a straight dark but narrow shade ; a minute
discal point on each wing, a terminal row of fine dark points. Underneath
similar, the markings more distinct, as the ground color is whiter, especially at
the apex of the primaries and outer margin of secondaries. Expanse 28 mm.
ifa 6. — Castro, Parana.
Hoinochlodes parita. — Outer margin of wings slightly crenulate.
Wings light brown, with a few minute black specks; discal spots black, with
white centres; a subterminal and a terminal row of black points. Primaries
with an inner row of black points on subcostal, median and subraedian veins.
Underneath brownish grey, with small black discal spots and an outer row
of black points. Expanse 25 nun.
Hah. — Coatepec, Mexico.
Homoclilodes oriiia. — Rufi", thickly speckled with l)lack and brown
scales; discal points black, with white centres; an outer fine blaCk line punctiform
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170 W. SCHAUS.
on veins. Primaries with an inner slightly cnrved line, also punctiforni on veins.
Underneath greyish brown, thickly speckled with black; the discal spots and
outer line as above. Expanse 27 mm.
Hub. — Jjilapa, Mexico.
Huinoclilodes Martina. — Primaries dark brown, crossed by three fine,
dark grey, slightly curved lines, the inner and outer lines with black points on
the veins; a small discal spot. Secondaries dark brownish gray, with a median
and outer dark wavy shade. Underneath light brown, with a subterminal row
of black points and slight discal spots. Expanse 29 mm.
fia6.— Jalapa, Mexico,
Aspilates inacapia> — Head brown. Thorax and abdomen grey. Wings
light grey, thinly flecked with black ; outer line fine, brown, becoming black on
the veins, followed by a narrow brown band pailly shaded with black above and
below veins; beyond this the outer margin on secondaries and on primaries from
inner margin to vein 5 are l>rown, with a subterminal grey dentate line. Both
wings crossed hy a fine reddish brown median line, and a similar basal line on
primaries. Underneath the wings are grey, suffused with brown and thickly
flecked with black scales; an outer punc^iform line and subterminal brownish
shade. Expanse 31 mm. •
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
AspilafeK aliiina. — Wings greyish white. Primaries somewhat speckled
with light brown, chiefly along costa and outer margin, and forming a shade fi'om
inner margin at a third from base to near apex. A minute discal spot. Second-
aries whitish, with the inner and outer margin flecked with light brown scales.
Underneath the wings are thickly speckled with brownish scales. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Cataspalaies qiiadrilinea. — Head and collar reddish brown, body
buff. Primaries pale buff, flecked and cros.sed by four light brown lines, equidis-
tant, slightly oblique; the median line somewhat curved ; the outer line followed
from vein 2 to costa by a narrow greyish line ; a fine subterminal brown line.
Secondaries pale buff, the costal margin broadly whitish, with three light brown
lines not reaching the costa. Underneath more thickly flecked, with traces of
the lines. Expanse 31 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
POROX.4 gen. nov.
Antennae pectinated in (?, simple in 9; piilpi short, hardly ex-
tending beyond frons. Tibia long, smooth. Primaries broad, the
apex slightly prolonged, acute ; the outer margin rounded. Veins
7-10 stalked. Secondaries broad, outer margin rounded. Veins
3 and 4 and 6 and 7 apart ; vein 8 diverging from near base.
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Porana ciissiinilis. — %. Wings yellow, slightly flecked witli brown.
A dark dentate line from near apex of primaries to inner margin of secondaries ;
beyond this line the wings are violaceous brown ; a black point in the cells, and a
wavy median line above inner margin on primaries.
The 9 has space within the line buff, thickly flecked with brown. Under-
neath the wings are thickly flecked and similar in both sexes. Expanse 28 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Pyrinia bertiilaria.— Light violaceous brown ; some darker shades along
costa, and a dark line deeply angled just below apex and continuing to middle of
inner margin on secondaries; some dark terminal spots above inner angle on pri-
maries. Underneath reddish ochreous, with darker striee and the outer line not
reaching apex. The primaries are rather long and narrow, the apex obtuse and
the outer margin oblique. Expanse 23 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Pyriiiia aroaria. — 9 • Apex of primaries slightly falcate. Wings brown,
with darker flecks. Primaries with two dark brown lines, the inner line angled
below costa, then straight to inner margin ; the outer line angled below costa near
apex, then oblique to middle of inner margin on secondaries. Underneath
ochreous, with thick reddish striae and the lines as above, but not reaching the
costa of primaries. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Pyriiiia pescoria. — 9- Light brown, with some reddish and black
striae. Primaries with two transverse reddish lines at one-third and two-thirds
from base; a subterminal row of small dark grey spots. Secondaries with a me-
dian red line and some red shadings about apex. Underneath similar. Expanse
21 mm.
Hab. — Petropolis, Brazil.
Pyriiiia sanitaria. — Eeddish brown ; primaries with the outer margin
tinged with lilacine ; costa finely white, streaked with black: median and outer
lines wavy, dark reddish brown ; the outer line from costa near apex and parallel
with outer margin. Secondaries with only a single line. Underneath dull
ochreous, with red and violaceous striae ; the outer margins reddish ; the lines as
above. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. Allied to Pyrinia grata Walker.
Pyriiiia tliscata. — Head and thorax violaceous brown, abdomen greyish.
Primaries olivaceous grey : a brown streak from the base through the cell to near
apex ; this streak is connected to costa by an oblique brown shade at three-fourths
from base. Some blackish striae at ba,se and along costal margin ; a large white
spot in the cell; a subterminal greyish line, heavily shaded with white towards
apex ; a terminal blackish shade, fringe brown. Secondaries with costal half yel-
lowish, otherwise brownish, with a few black striae; a broad median brown line.
Underneath yellow, primaries shaded with brown, chiefly beyond cell; a large
white discal spot in cell, and a smaller one below it ; a white subapical broken
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172 W. SCHAUS.
line; secondaries with a reddish brown median line and some similar strife and
spots at angles. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
JWIicrogOiiia caxtraria.— Olive srey, the wiii<rs shaded with olive brown
and finely speckled with black. The basal half of costa streaked with white;
the inner line irregular, brownish, shaded with white; the discal point black,
circled with lilacine; the outer line luiiular brown, somewhat sliaded with red-
dish on the inner margin, and at costa ontwai'dly shaded with white and followed
by a large blackish costal spot; a faint subterminal dentate line. The secondaries
are darker grey, except on costa, and the outer line is lunular dark grey, with
some yellow spots on veins. Underneath the wings are olive grey, with a few
black specks; the outer line distinct reddish brown. Expanse 56 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
IVIicr<»goiiia iii<*ata. — Fawn color, the wings slightly irrorated with
black; an indistinct, narrow median shade, reddish brown; the inner and outer
lines irregular, wavy, interrupted, dark grey ; the outer line shaded with reddish
brown about inner margin and at costa, but not forming a distinct costal blotch ;
the outer line is spotted with whitish on veins, especially on secondaries ; an indis-
tinct wavy subterminal line. Underneath darker, the median and outer shade
more distinct. Expanse 50 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
]VIi(*rogonia bertha. — Brownish grey, darkest in the median space, and
with a few lilack specks; the inner line indistinct, reddish brown, with minute
yellowish specks on veius; the outer line lunular, fine, reddish brown, followed
by pale spots on veins; some black subterminal points; discal point black, circled
with greyish ; a white subcostal spot near apex connected with costa by some grey-
ish lines ; on the secondaries the subterminal points are whitish. Expanse 45 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Pai-ana.
iVIicrogonia rotara. — Primaries dark reddish brown ; the outer line
fawn color, followed by a dark grey shade, leaving, however, the outer margin
reddish brown ; the costal spot greyish, edged with whitish scales; an inner wavy
shade very indistinct. Secondaries dark brownish grey, the transverse line faint,
fawn color, inwardly shaded with black. Underneath the wings are dark grey,
speckled with black, the lines faint, darker, and spotted on veins on .secondaries;
some subterminal reddish brown shades. Expanse 63 mm.
Hab. — Bongo, Bolivia.
Mivroie^oiiia iinibroKa. — Above dark greyish brown, slightly streaked
with black, and with a general violaceous tinge ; the basal and median transverse
shades reddish brown; the outer line distinct, sometimes geminate; the costal
spot glaucous, witli some greyish scales; some terminal darker shadings, espe-
cially towards anal angle of secondaries, limited by an irregular dentate subter-
minal line; a large subcostal black patch near apex of secondaries. Underneath
light brown, spotted with black : a faint outer line with black sjiots on the veins.
Expanse 70 mm.
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Hab. — Rio Janeiro; Castro, Parana. Allied to Microgoida peosi-
nata Gn.
Acroseinia ligrata.— Allied to A. vulpeculnrin, but the yellow space is
more restricteil, paler, with thicker darker red mottlings; the inner line is angled
below cDSta, and the outer line is distinct and wavy, as in A. undUinea Warr. and
A. ochrolaria Schaus. The costal spot is whitish, and does not reach the apex.
Expanse 31 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Acrosemia inolpina. — Light brown, the lines wavy; the basal line
inwardly shaded with grey; the outer line outwardly shaded with white; the
costal spot white, not reaching apex ; a black discal point on primaries; in some
specimens the white shading to lines is absent. Underneath the wings are light
fawn color, speckled with black. Expanse 34 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Orizaba, Mexico.
Acroseinia uaranja. — Wings orange color ; a black point in the cells;
primaries with costal spot large, grey, reaching apex ; a broad inner transverse
light olive green shade, not reaching costa ; an irregular outer row of greyish
points on veins, broadly surrounded by light olive green, especially at inner mar-
gin ; a subterminal olive green angular line. Secondaries with an outer and sub-
terminal transverse olive green shade, partly spotted with grey on veins. Ex-
panse 36 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Pliyllo<lontsi driiciata. — Head fawn color. Thorax and abdomen
lilacine. Wings lilacine. Primaries thinly speckled with black; inner line
marked by black scales on costa and inner margin ; discal point black, followed
on costa by an oblique brownish shade; outer line fine, angular, most distinct
towards inner margin where it is more broadly white, followed by a greenish
buff shade; some dark grey lines at inner angle. Secondaries with a line black
outer line, inwardly shaded with light reddish brown near the inner margin and
heavily shaded with blackish grey about the anal angle. Underneath the wings
are reddish grey, thickly mottled with brown. On primaries a brown median
line ; outer line brown, distinct, nearly straight, angled at costa and above sub-
median vein ; the outer margin below vein 3 and inner margin whitish. Second-
aries with median brown shade and black discal point; outer line irregular. Ex-
panse 35 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico ; Aroa, Venezuela.
Pliyllodoiita iiideferiuinata.
I give this name to the species figured as canniata Gn. by Mr.
Druce in the Biol. Cent. Amer. Tab., 43, figs. 1 and 2. In my
opinion Snellen figures the true Canniata Gn., and the name Snel-
leni must sink.
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174 W. SCHAUS.
Eiii2,oino|>e|»la vor«Ia.— Wings brownish gray, with fine transverse
darker strije. Primaries: tiic median space paler limited by the two lines; the
inner line is angled below costa and then slightly oblique to inner margin ; the
outer line is slightly curved inwardly : both lines dark brown and distinct. The
secondaries have only a dark median transverse brown line. Discal points very
minute, black. Expanse 35 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela. This species has the margin straight
above and below angles in outer margin and not crenuhite as in
E. annulipes Feld.
Eiitoinopepla grisea.— Olivaceous grey, with a few dark brown specks.
Primaries: the costal margin finely buff; the fringe dark brown ; some clusters of
brown scales on and above inner margin near the angle. Secondaries: a basal
dark line ; the outer two-thirds shaded with brown ; traces of a median and outer
wavy grey line, partly shaded with black about the anal angle. Underneath
with an indistinct buownish subterniinal shade. Expanse 33 mm.
Hah.— Peru.
Rhoniboptila intermedia.— Pale fawn color, speckled with black.
Primaries : lines fine, dark brown, inwardly shaded with gray, nearly straight ; a
brownish median shade from costa to outer line on inner margin ; outer line fine,
indistinct, grey, partly shaded inwardly with brown, and followed by a cluster
of dark scales between veins 3 and 4 ; a few subterniinal dark points ; fringe dark
brown ; discal point minute, black. Secondaries with outer line distinct, oliva-
ceous, slightly rounded below costa at apex, then straight to anal angle; a fine
greyish line marked on veins by black points from costa beyond middle to centre
of outer line and thence to inner margin at two-thirds from base; discal point
more distinct than on primaries. Expanse 31 mm.
Hab.—Vevn.
Polla TOraria. — Light brown ; an outer row of white points on the veins,
starting from a whitish costal blotch on the primaries near the apex. Under-
neath shaded with whitish within the line, which is distinct and white; some
subterniinal whitish shades. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab.— Sa.0 Paulo, S. E. Brazil. Allied to Polla pallidiplaya
Warr.
A(*roloinia trilva. — Light brown, with numerous transverse black strise.
Primaries: inner line dark brown, angled below costa and then inwardly oblique
to inner margin, followed by a finer parallel medial line; outer line nearly
straight, followed on upper third by a light reddish brown shade, which is again
outwardly shaded with blackish. Secondaries with a basal and inner transvei-se
line. Underneath without markings. Expanse '2'y mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
AcrotOinodes hielaria.— ?. Brown, with small scattered patches of
grey scales; lines darker, reddish brown, wavy, parallel, slightly wider apart on
secondaries than on i)rimaries; the outer line on primaries partly crossing a
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 175
greyish band, which extends to apex. Underneath dull lilacine brown, with
dai'k strife; on primaries a black outer line; the outer margin reddish brown.
Expanse 38 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Acrotomodes boruniata.— Dark violaceous brown, with a few scat-
tered grey flecks; the lines darker, fine, wavy, parallel ; on primaries a cluster of
greenish grey scales at apex and above inner angle. Underneath dark reddish
brown, with some blackish striae. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Apicia inalclania. — Purplish fawn color, speckled with black; the costa
and inner margin of primaries, also base of secondaries slightly yellowish. A
minute black point in the cells ; primaries with inner and outer transverse darker
shades, rather indistinct; the outer line starting from a dark costal spot near
the apex. Secondaries with only the outer line. Expanse 33 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Apicia calcaria. — Olivaceous grey, thinly speckled with black. Prima-
ries: inner line olivaceous brown inwardly shaded with whitish, angled as costa,
where it is brown, and with dark points on median and submedian veins; a broad
dark median shade on costa above black discal point, continuing as a fine, olive-
green line to inner margin contiguous to the outer line ; the outer line is dark
brown, lunular, more punctiform on veins, outwardly shaded with pinkish
white, and inwardly shaded with olive-green ; an oblique dark line near apex
from costa to outer line; a large dark brown patch above inner angle. Second-
aries olivaceous gray; the discal black point rather large ; the outer lines as on
primaries. Underneath yellowish, with dark grey striae ; Hues dark grey, indis-
tinct. Expanse 27 mm.
Hah. — Peru.
Hesperomiza dusa.— '^. Light greyish butf; the median space on pri-
maries tinged with reddish brown ; a faint pale reddish inner line ; a black point
in the cell ; the outer line distinct, reddish brown, angled at apex, then straight
to inner margin of secondaries, but interrupted on costal margin of these wings;
the wings are somewhat speckled with both brown and reddish.
9- — Brown, darkest on outer margins; the costal margin of secondaries and
median space of primaries tinged with grey; the outer line is black, divided by a
fine grey line. Underneath duller, without markings. Expanse 36 mm.
Hab.-Sm Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Sicya vigasia. — Wings grey : the primaries and outer margin of second-
aries finely speckled with brown ; the primaries crossed from costa near apex to
inner margin beyond centre by a yellow band inwardly shaded with brown.
Underneath the costal margin of primaries yellowish, speckled with brown ; the
transverse line less distinct; the secondaries yellowish, except the costal, inner
margin and a shade centrally from base to outer margin, which are greyish, both
colors speckled with brown, and a fine outer transverse line. Expanse 34 mm.
Hab. — Las Vigas, Mexico.
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176 \V. SCHAUS.
i:|»il>lalyinctru allidstria — %. Wings brown, with a few black specks
and l)lack discal points; a fine brown line outwardly shaded with lilacine from
costa near apex of primaries, where it is angled to inner margin of secondaries
abo%'e anal angle. On primaries an inner, irregular and indistinct transverse
shade. TJnderneath the line is punctiform.
The 9 is paler, with the wings more thickly covered with dark strife. Ex-
panse 37 mm. ^
Hdb. — Jalapa, Mexico. The secondaries are not quite so strongly
angled as in other species of the genus. In one S there are two
black spots beyond outer line on primaries.
Ifletauema iiiargica.— 9 . Reddish brown. Primaries: a small black
discal point; the inner line pinkish, straight from costa to inner margin ; outer
line darker than ground color, and outwardly shaded with pinkish, slightly
oblique from costa at four-fifths to inner margin. Secondaries with a single
transverse line. On both wings a cluster of dark grey scales between veins three
and four. In another specimeu these clusters of scales are absent. Expanse
40 mm.
Hub. — Orizaba, Mexico.
IVIetaneina Maiitella. — Body fawn color, with darker irrorations. Wings
pale buff, thickly irrorated with brownish grey scales. Primaries crossed by two
dark bands, the inner augled below costa, then straight, the outer slightly curved
at two-thirds from the base at both costal and inner margins. Secondaries with
a single median line. Underneath without marking. Expanse 32 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Digoiiodes inataiiist. — J. Very dark brown, the outer margin slightly
tinged with reddish. Primaries: a velvety black point in the cell ; the inner line
blackish, indistinct, slightly curved ; the outer line black, wavy, slightly curved
inwardly below vein 4. Secondaries blackish brown ; a black discal spot and fine
outer line. Expanse 44 mm.
Hab. — Jala})a, Mexico.
Digoiiodt^M ragona.— Wings light brown, finely speckled with black.
Primaries : a large black spot in the cell ; inner line fine, black, wavy, rather indis-
tinct; outer line fine, black, outwardly shaded with white, forming two inward
curves, being produced towards outer margin at vein 4: terminal black points
between the veins Secondaries clouded with black ; an outer line, indistinct ; the
outer margin paler. Underneath the outer line on secondaries is more distinct
and there is a black discal spot. Expanse 40 mm.
H'lb. — Coatepec, Jalapa, Mexico.
SpododCN iiiibilata.— Light fawn color, thinly speckled with reddish
brown; a minute, black point in the cells; a median reddish brown transverse
shade, heavier and broader on primaries; an outer row of bla<'k points on the
veins, connected by a greyish shade; much broader on primaries than on second-
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 177
aries. Underneath paler, witb the marking very similar, but no median shade.
Expanse 28 mm.
Hab. — Chancharnayo, Peru.
[Spododes flamiiia.— Wings light brownish golden ; the lines fine, indis-
dinct, blackish, followed by small whitish spots on the veins; the inner line
slightly curved ; the outer line wavy, irregular, approaching close to outer mar-
gin between veins 3 and 4 on both wings; a faint discal spot in cells. No inner
line on secondaries. Expanse 28 mm.
Hah. — Colombia.
Certiina. cliiqiia. — Brown, thinly and finely speckled with darker brown ;
a minute black discal point in the cells; primaries with the lines dark brown ;
the inner line inwardly shaded with lilacine and straight from costa to inner
margin ; the outer line outwardly shaded with lilacine, straight. Secondaries
with only the outer line. Underneath grey; a faint trace of the outer line.
Expanse 31 mm. *
Hah. — Coatepec, Mexico.
Heterolocha toiiii.<>ia. — Wings rounded on primaries, somewhat crenu-
late on secondaries, yellowish buff, with darker strife ; lines fine, dark brown ; the
inner line inwardly oblique from subcostal vein ; the outer lihe forming two out-
ward curves from costa to vein 3, then a deep curve inwardly to margin ; a brown
point in the cells. Secondaries with the outer line straight from costa to between
veins 4 and 6, then sinuous to inner margin. Underneath pale buff; the second-
aries with an outer ajid subterminal fine line, parallel to each other. Expanse
27 mm.
Hah. — Guadalajara, Mexico.
IIeterolo<*lia apricoides.— % . Antennae simple, wings slightly angled
at vein 4. General appearance of H. apricaria H. S. Wings light yellow, covered
with darker striiE ; brown points in the cells; the lines reddish, with whitisli
streaks on veins; primaries with inner line straight, upright, not reaching costa ;
outer line excurved and angled below costa, then obliquely sinuous to inner mar-
gin. On secondaries the outer line is evenly curved. Underneath the same but
duller. Expanse 36 mm.
Hah. — Bolivia.
Urepioiie valloma.
This species is like the brownish forms of U. quadrilinearia
Walker, but the inner line is replaced by a median line, which
is slightly oblique outwardly instead of being curved inwardly.
Described from several specimens received from Staudinger with-
out locality. U. qHadrilinearia Walker has as synonym Semio-
thisa contorta T. M.
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178 W. SCHAUS.
^"einatocainpa evaiiidaria. — Pale yellow, with some si i.glitly darker
striaj; the lines fine, hiaekish. Primaries: the inner lines outwardly oblique ; a
dark grey luniilar mark in cell; the outer line wavy, outwardly shaded with
grey, especially about inner angle. Secondaries with a mark in the cell, and the
outer line very indistinct. Underneath pale yellow, with the discal marks dis-
tinct and the outer line heavily shaded with lirown ; a brown shade at inner
angle. Secondaries with a dark spot at apex. Expanse 22 ram.
Hab. — Peru.
Meliiiode.s conspiciia. — %. Pale buff, with some reddish scales and a
few brown stri;e. Lines as in M. defersaria H. S. ; an irregular subterminal black
line most heavily marked above inner margin ; a dark patch on outer margin
between veins .3 and 4. Secondaries with the shadings about anal angle as in
(letersaria.
9 • — Pale buff; the costal margin of primaries brown ; the outer margins dark
brown, except a subapical space on both wings, and a small spot above inner
angle on primaries, which are pale buff, with brown strise ; the inner line on pri-
maries is also broadly brown. Expanse 26 mm.
Hab.— Hiio Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Periclina <lal<laina.— Bright yellow, with red striseand flecks; the lines
dark brown ; the inner line inwardly shaded with light brown ; the outer line out-
wardly shaded with light brown, having white streaks on the veins; basal third
of costa brown ; the inner line outwardly oblique ; the outer line from near apex,
the dark portion only commencing at vein 7, and continuing to inner margin of
secondaries; a black discal point on primaries. Underneath pale yellow, with an
outer row of red points on veins. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. Allied to P. cucurbiiata Gn.
I^euciila petrovna. — Body grey. Wings smoky grey, sliglitly diai)hHn-
ous ; a large dark spot at the end of the cells, and a fine, dark grey terminal line
on both wings. Expanse 2?> mm.
/fa6. — Petropolis, Brazil. lie.seiuhling the species of" Parrhesia,
hut vein 5 on primaries is from centre of discocellular.
Ijencuniicra fu^iicaria. — Body whiti.sh grey. Wings browish grey; the
lines blackish; primaries with the inner line straight; the outer line dentate;
some white spots on costa. Secondaries with an outer dentate line-and the base
of the wings lighter grey in the 9; white in the %. Underneath grey, thickly
mottled with reddish brown and fJecked with white ; the line on secondaries very
heavy, black ; black spots in cells. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana. Very close to L. leucospilaria Walker.
Callopsiodes caiitaina.— Head and thorax olivaceous grey. Wings
lilacine, thinly speckled with black. Primaries: inner line slightly curved out-
wardly to above submedian, then curved inwardly, dark brown, outwardly
shaded with light green scales; a black point in the cell, followed by a black
patch, connected to costal margin by an oblique brown shade ; outer line angled
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 179
below costa, then lunular to inner margin, very fine, dark brown, inwardly
shaded with green, above the angle of outer line a dark brown i)atch on costa;
outer margin shaded with dark brown. Secondaries with a brown outer lunular
line. Underneath grey, speckled thinly with black ; discal points and a puncti-
form outer line. Expanse 50 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. Quite distinct from C mexiccuiaria
Walker.
Cannagara bogada.— Brownish grey, with a few black specks, and
thickly striated with reddish brown and darker grey. Primaries with two fine
reddish brown lines ; the inner line slightly curved ; the outer line straight, stait-
ing from a dark grey costal spot close to apex. Secondaries with a straight outer
line. A conspicuous black point in the cells. Underneath the line on second-
aries is lunular. Expanse 39 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Tlierina punctillaria.— 9- Wings light grey, finely speckled with
black. Primaries with a minute discal point and two indistinct dark lines; the
inner line slightly curved ; the outer line slightly oblique ; both finely lunular,
with the convex side towards outer margin. Expanse 26 mm.
A % from Puebla is somewhat larger. 31 mm.
Hah. — Oaxaca, Mexico.
Therina atomaria. — J. Base of antennae, base and tips of patagiae
orange. Body otherwise dark grey. Wings pale buflf, thickly mottled with
heavy grey strije and blotches, leaving only median space and apex of primaries
paler. There is an outer grey line on primaries angled at vein 5, and then lunu-
lar to inner margin. Minute black points in the cells. Underneath similar but
paler. Expanse 38 mm.
Hah. — Costa Rica. This may be a very dark form of T. melia
Druce.
Therina tein|>]a<laria. — Head and collar orange. Thorax grey; abdo-
men yellowish, speckled with black and grey. Wings greyish brown, finely
speckled with black. Lines yellow. Primaries: inner line angled on costa, then
wavy to inner margin; outer line slightly sinuous; a small black discal spot.
Secondaries with outer line straight. Expanse 45 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Endropia guataina. — '^ . Primaries yellow, with a few dark striae;
basal and outer spaces violaceous brown, with darker striae; the lines fine, dark
violaceous brown ; the inner line outwardly curved above median and below sub-
median veins; the outer line sinuous from costa near apex to inner margin at
three-fourths from base ; a small mark in cell. Secondaries similar; has the outer
line more like a broad irregular .shade, darker than the rest of the outer margin.
Expanse 32 mm.
Hab. — Guadalajara, Mexico.
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180 W. SCHAUS.
Endi'opia. iiisiltearia. — Buff, with transverse brown striaj, forming a
(U)nsjticuous patc'li on outer margin of primaries below vein 4 and about anal
angle of secondaries. Primaries: inner line angled at costa, then slightly oblique
outwardly, fine, brown ; outer line dark lirown, slightly oblique inwardly ; a dark
patch on inner margin between outer line and subterminal line, which is deeply
lunular, this patch is sometimes absent and varies from light brown to black;
a black point in cell. Secondaries without the inner line. Underneath less
speckled, and only tlie subterminal line conspicuous. PZxpanse 28 38 mm.
The % is more uniform brown, with some subterminal yellowish patches. Ex-
pause 35 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Seleiiia albiHiiearia.— Shape of wings as in S'. nahdnha Bruce. %. —
Wings brown ; a darker median shade. Primaries with inner line darker, nearly
straight; outer line fine, white, followed by a broad greyish shade, and inwardly
edged with darker brown, this line curved and angled below costa, then slightly
sinuous to inner margin near angle : a minute point in the cells. Secondaries
without the inner line. Underneath gieyish brown, with an indistinct wavy
outer line. Expanse 33 mm.
9. — Brownish buff, with the outer line black, followed by a dark grey shade;
the inner line dark grey. Underneath pale, otherwise similar to % . Expanse
31-35 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Orizaba, Las Vigas, Amecameca, Mexico.
Syiiuonios ? naraiigia.— Primaries green brown, speckled with black;
the fringe reddish ; a large creamy white spot in the cell, somewhat speckled with
grey and contiguous to a miiiute white spot surrounded by black. From vein 6
to costa before apex' a broad creamy white wavy mark : this is really the com-
mencement of the outer line, which is very fine, greyish and indistinct. Second-
aries orange; the outer margin suffused with greyish brown ; the costal and inner
margins paler ; a large black discal spot. Underneath light brown ; black discal
spots much larger on secondaries, and a fine brownish outer line ; the discal spot
on primaries followed by yellowish. Exjjanse 43 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Azeliiia ligera. — 9- Brown. Primaries with inner line thick, black,
oblique from costa to middle of cell, then forming three curves to inner margin;
outer line fine, white, inwardly shaded with darker brown, slightly sinuous and
followed by some black shading between veins 2 and 5 ; a white crescent at end
of cell ; a terminal row of black points. Secondaries paler except at anal angle ; a
transverse blackish line, outwardly shaded with buff near inner margin, the spot
of underside showing through. Underneath slightly paler; the primaries show-
ing the markings of upper surface. The secondaries specked with black ; a large
black discal spot, and a wavy black outer line. Expanse 27 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Azelina ve«iiia. — Dark brownish grey ; the outer margin lighter ; the lines
shaded with velvety black ; the inner line outwardly oblique from costa to median
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vein, then inwardly oblique and wavy to inner margin ; the outer line wavy and
outwardly curved between median and submediau veins; a small white crescent
in cell ; some terminal white dots, and a terminal black dot between veins 2 and
3. Secondaries brownish grey, with an outer transverse line rounded at anal
angle, this line dark, outwardly shaded with light buff: a terminal row of black
dots. Underneath buff, thickly mottled with grey strise ; an indistinct outer wavy
line. Secondaries with a black discal spot divided by a pale line. Expanse 22 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. Closely allied to A. melissa Druce, but
of a different color and larger.
Azeliiia lessenia. — Margins of wings dentate. Primaries with median
space brown ; the base and outer margin greyish brown ; the inner line heavy,
black, oblique from costa to median vein, then dentate to inner margin ; the outer
line fine, black, slightly wavy and outwardly curved between median and sub-
median veins; a white crescent in cell ; a terminal row of white points. Second-
aries brown, with the outer transverse line as in A. vecina Schaus. Underneath
brown ; primaries with a pale space on outer margin ; the outer line fine, and ter-
minal black points with white centres. Secondaries with black discal spot, and
the outer line very dentate, black, outwardly shaded with white; the inner mar-
gin with black and grey striie. Expanse 40 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
AzeliiiR ComtM. — Body brown ; terminal segment of abdomen grey. Pri-
maries greyish, shaded with light reddish brown ; the median space brown,
darkest below the cell ; the inner line black, thick, oblique from costa. then fine,
forming three curves to inner margin ; the outer line fine, brown, straight from
costa to vein 4, then slightly curved inward to below vein 2, then curved out-
wardly to submedian and forming a slighter curve below that vein ; a reddish
subterminal wavy line ; some terminal black points ; an oblique white spot in
cell ; some blackish scales beyond outer line between veins 2 and 4. Secondaries
dark brown, with a pale transverse line and some terminal black points. Under-
neath brown ; primaries with inner margin, space on outer margin and apex
grey. Secondaries with a whitish dentate transverse line and a black and white
discal spot. Expanse 43 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. Margins nearly straight.
Azelina jainaicensis. — Head and thorax black ; abdomen brown. Pri-
maries: base grey, with black strise, and limited by the black inner line, which
is oblique from costa to median vein, starting from this vein again at the same
distance from base as the origin of the line on costa it is perpendicular to subme-
dian, and then forms a deep outward curve to inner margin ; the line is heavily
shaded outwardly with black; the median space is dark brownish grey below the
median vein, light reddish brown above it; a black transverse streak or geminate
spot in cell ; the outer line in light, heavily shaded inwardly with black, slightly
sinuous, bulging somewhat fcelow vein 2, and is also followed by some black
shadings; the outer margin is greyish, thinly speckled with black; a reddish
brown subterminal shade; some terminal black and white dots. Secondaries
light l)rown, with a fine, dark outer line ; the margins of wings are slightly den-
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182 W. SCHAUS.
tate. Undenieath the costal half of wings are brown; the inner half whitish,
with some black flecks; an irregular rlark outer line and terminal white dots.
Expanse 41 nun.
Hab. — Jaiiiaicu.
Azelina eiiriiina. — Violaceous or reddisli brown. Primaries with the inner
line forming an oblique dash from costa, of a dark velvety brown, then wavy to
inner margin, of a greyish black; a white crescent at end of cell ; the outer line
paler, but broadly shaded inwardly with dark brown, straight from costa to vein
5. then inwardly curved to below vein 2, where it bulges slightly and is curved
• to inner margin ; above vein 6 the apex is violaceous, below it the outer margin
is blackish grey, with a light brown space between it and the outer line; some
terminal white spots. Secondaries with some light brown shades about the anal
angle; three black dots at anal margin and an indistinct outer line. Underneath
the discal spots are white containing a black speck ; the apex of primaries and
costal margin of secondaries dark reddish brown, otherwise the wings are dull
dark grey, with a fine outer line. Expanse 40 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. This .species is somewhat like A.jhne-
uezaria Dogu., but the margins of wiugs are less angular and the
markings also differ.
i^Ietic II lodes algeriia. — Head and collar olivaceous grey ; thorax brown.
Abdomen grey, with lateral reddish tufts. Primaries with costal margin broadly,
and inner margin below median vein lilacine brown, with black striae; from cell
to outer margin and between veins 3 and 5 a whitish space ; lines velvety brown,
very irregular, the inner line angled in cell ; the outer line only visible from
inner margin to vein 3, followed by a broad brown shade ; traces of a terminal
dark line. Secondaries greyish, nearly white on costa; an inner margin streaked
with black; fringe and anal angle reddish brown ; a grey outer line, followed by
a paler shade. Expanse 43 mm.
Hab. — Chanchamayo, Peru.
Cleora bianqtiita. — Head white. Thorax white, with some black marks.
Primaries white ; lines fine, velvety black ; a black line at the base ; the inner line
forming three outward (turves, partly geminate, with some greenish grey scales
between ; the median line forming three inward curves, followed by a greenish
grey shade and black spot in cell, and also below 2, connecting it to the outer
line; outer line lunular, interrupted, followed by a faint greenish grey shade;
some subterminal geminate black marks; a terminal row of black points. Sec-
ondaries whitish, speckled with grey scales; a subterminal brownish line and
some terminal black triangular spots. Expanse 36 mm.
Hab. — Las Vigas, Mexico.
Bryopteia colita. — Primaries grey, thinly speckled with black; the
inner line broad, dark, angled below costa, then inwardly oblique, partly divided
by a brownish line ; a small black discal point, followed by a black median shade,
curved at end of cell, then inwardly oblique, below vein 4 very thick and black ;
the outer line fine, black below costa, brownish below vein 4, followed by a paler
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line, and then by some large black blotches between veins 4 and 6, and below
vein 4 by a brownish line; a subterniinal, angular, whitish line, outwardly
shaded with black between veins 4 and 6; some terminal black points. Second-
aries with a broad black median shade from inner margin to discal point; the
outer line fine, black, followed by a grey line, and then broadly shaded with
brown, which becomes black on inner margin ; a subterniinal angular white line
and terminal black points. Underneath dull dark grey, with faint median
shade: outer line and outer margin broadly darker. Expanse 27 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Bryoptersi siibpallicla. — Primaries white; some olivaceous brown shad-
ings at base; inner line straight, broad, black, outwardly shaded with olivaceous
brown : the median shade olivaceous brown, broad, especially on inner margin,
where it is contiguous to outer line, which is fine, wavy, velvety, black ; the
outer line followed below costa by a broad olivaceous brown shade; a subtei'minal
interrupted olivaceous brown line; terminal black points: fringe wjiite, divided
by an olivaceous line. Secondaries white; a broad black median shade from
margin to discal point; outer line black, almost punctiform, followed by a black
spot near inner margin ; outer margin and fringe as on primaries. Underneath
primaries light grey, with the outer margin darker, and traces of median and
outer line. Secondaries white, with some olivaceous flecks; a dark median line.
Expanse 27 mm..
Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to B. leprosata Gn.
Boarinia. Rtilla. — Primaries dark grey, with some whitish spots on costa
and veins ; traces of a still darker inner and median shade, the latter crossing a
large dark discal spot; the outer line fine, black, lunular, only noticeable below
costa, where it is followed by a dark reddish brown shade; a subterniinal white
angular line, followed by dark brown and some whitish scales at apex ; terminal
line fine, black, enlarging to spots between the veins. Secondaries with the cos-
tal half lighter grey; a black discal spot; traces of an outer line, geminate on
inner margin ; the subterniinal and terminal lines as on primaries. Underneath
grey, darkest on outer margin of primaries; black discal spots and terminal
black points between the veins; fringe long, margin crenulate. Expanse 36 mm.
Hah. — Bolivia.
Boarinia caiiinata. — Wings light brown, the base of secondaries paler;
lines darker. Primaries: inner line wavy, perpendicular; median line broad,
punctiform on veins; outer line punctiform, oblique from costa, then from below
cell close to median line; subterniinal line faint, angular, light brown ; terminal
line dark brown, thickened between the veins. Secondaries similar, without the
inner line. Underneath pale fawn color ; a dark shade below apex of primaries.
Expanse 25 mm.
Hah. — Peru.
Boarinia aiiiberia. — Body fawn color; on basal segment of abdomen a
dark brown transverse line. Wings pale fawn color, very thinly speckled with
dark brown ; the lines fine, black; inner line interrupted, but heavily marked on
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1(S4 W. SGHAUS.
inner margin; the median line marked by a spot on costa, otherwise absent on
primaries, but line and indistinct on secondaries; outer line angular, sinuous,
somewhat punctiform; the outer margin broadly shaded with brown, leaving a
subterminal whitish lunular shade, and some dark spots about veins 5 and 6 on
both wings; the terminal line black, spotted with black between the veins.
Underneath fawn color, with only small dis.cal points. Expanse 3;i mm.
//fto.— Sao raiilo, S. E. Brazil.
Bwariiiia Mynclironia. — Wings broad, margins cronulate. Body brown ;
collar posteriorly darker ; three transverse dark brown bands at base of abdomen.
Wings brown; the basal line on primaries curved, very fine and indistinct;
median line broad, slightly wavy, straight from costa to below median, then
inwardly oblique to inner margin; outer line very indistinct, curved below
costa, then very oblique to inner margin close to median line, where it is more
conspicuous; a subterminal lunular dark line; a terminal black crenulate line.
On secondaries the median line is followed by a dark brown shade ; discal points
small, black. Underneath pale yellowish brown, with faint traces of the lines.
Expanse 34 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Boarinia grosica. — Wings white: costa of primaries and outer margins
somewhat streaked with brown; lines fine, black, the inner line curving obliqely,
punctiform on veins and corresponding to abdominal black segment; median line
very broken, most noticeable from cell to inner margin of secondaries; outer line
rather punctiform, slightly oblique, inwardly dentate once below vein 2, some-
what sinuous on secondaries, followed by some brownish blotches above vein 3
on primaries, and by an indistinct brownish line on secondaries; the subterminal
shade interrupted, partly dentate; a terminal row of black spots between the
veins. Underneath whitish, the outer margin of primaries broadly black. Ex-
panse 26 mm.
Hnb. — Castro, Parana, Chauchaniayo, Peru.
Tephrosia Nadriiia. — Body greyish fawn color; the abdomen dorsally
spotted with black. Wings fawn color, thinly irrorated with black and pale
brown .scales. Primaries: a faint wavy, black, inner line, partly geminate ; the
median line only visil)le on costa and inner margin; a black discal point; an
outer row of black points on veins, followed on inner margin by tw'o superposed
larger black spots; subterminal black spots on inner margin and between veins
4-7. followed by similar shades; a terminal row of black points between the
veinSi Secondaries: a broad dark basal band ; a fine black median line, followed
by a brownish shade; a subterminal row of black spots; a terminal black line
interru])ted by the veins. Expanse 33 mm.
ijTaft. — Ori/,al)a, Mexico. Allied to T. (irgillaria G\v.
Teplirosia gialoiiia.— Wings light grey, very thickly speckled with
brown; the inner line broad, dark grey; the median line fine, distinct, slightly
sinuous; an almost imperceptable outer line from costa near apex ; some small
terminal dark points. Underneath whitish grey, more thinly speckled with
brown. Expanse 25 mm.
11(1 b. — Jalapa, Mexico.
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Teplirosia liiiinidaria. — % . Primaries very dark brown ; median space
slightly paler, also some blotches on costa; the inner line wavy, indistinct; the
outer line very fine, black, inwardly curved below vein 2; a subterminal lighter
brown lunular shade and a terminal black line. Secondaries greyish brown,
palest at base ; a fine outer line; a heavier terminal line and an indistint sub.
terminal line; a black point on inner margin above the outer line. Expanse
30 mm.
The 9 is lighter, the inner line black, geminate; some dark median shades; a
dark subterminal baud ; a greyish shade at apex and about center of outer mar-
gin. Expanse 36 mm.
Hub. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Tepltrosia ? centosa.— Margins rounded. Pale buff, finely and sparsely
speckled with black; black discal points; the lines fine, darker buff on primaries,
grey on secondaries; the inner and median lines fine, inwardly oblique and
parallel; the outer line geminate; a subterminal row of dark grey points, fol-
lowed by a marginal grey shade betvi'een veins 6 and 7; on primaries terminal
black points between the veins; on secondaries the lines do not reach the costal
margin. Underneath similar, the lines less distinct. Expanse 35 mm.
Sab. — Castro, Parana.
Giioplilis croesaria. — Thorax ochreous. Abdomen grey. Wings light
grey, irrorated with black scales. Veins orange, except at base of secondaries,
and where crossed*by black lines. Primaries: the base mottled with orange: the
inner line fine, black, iiiterrnpted, and inwardly oblique from median vein; the
median line outwardly curved above and below median vein; the outer line
pnnctiforni, black, outwardly curved and contiguous to median line on inner
margin, and followed by an orange shade; a subterminal crenulate white line:
terminal black spots between the veins. Secondaries : a median straight black
line; the other lines as on primaries. Black points in cells. Underneath lute-
ous. Expanse 43 mm.
Hab. — Chiriqui.
Siteiialci«lia «^iiidica var. oecideutalis.
Differs from typical race in having a brown tint instead of grey,
otherwise tlie markings are similar.
Ifab. — Peru.
Steiialcidia occulta. — Body and wings grey, thickly speckled with
brown: no inner line; an indistinct median shade; outer line represented by
black points on the veins, followed by a faint brown shade; a subterminal row
of brown points, outwardly shaded with grey; terminal dark streaks on and
between the veins. Underneath dark grey, with a terminal brown line. Ex-
panse 32 mm.
Hab. -Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
$$tciialci<lia artliiira. — Wings light grey, speckled with pale brown ;
lines fine, bhick ; the inner line interrupted in cell and at subniedian vein ; the
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186 W. SCHAUS.
median line vei-y faint: the outer line punctiform below costa of primaries, then
fine, sinuous, followed hy a brownish shade; the suhterminal shade dentate, light
grey; terminal line black. Underneath primaries brown; secondaries whitish
grey; the base and costal margin brown; the terminal line black ; conspicuous
black points on fringe. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paiilo, S. E. Brazil. Very close to S. dimidiaria Gn.,
hut nuicli larger and without the dark shades and marks on outer
Muirgin.
Fliysoi'leora capruiiia.— 'J, . Body grey; vertex yellow; collar and
basal segment of abdomen orange. Wings light grey, with the markings darker
grey; discal spots large; inner and median lines indistinct; outer line lunular,
geminate; a row of large subterminal and terminal spots ; fringe whitish, spotted
with gi"ey. Underneath dark grey. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Rio Janeiro.
I*hyso«leora martena.— Wings dark grey, speckled with black: the
lines very fine, almost invisible, black, most heavily marked on costa of prima-
ries, where they are angled, and then oblique to inner margin of secondaries;
the outer line is punctiform and followed by some indistinct brownish shades; a
subterminal dentate grey line. Underneath dark grey, without markings, ex-
cept minute discal spots. Expanse 23 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Fliysocleora dardiisa.— Body white, handed with dark brown. W'ings
white, speckled with brown, especially on costa of primaries and the outer mar-
gin ; the lines fine, black, distinct; the inner line from costa at a third from
base, curved in cell, and then oblique to base on secondaries; median line angled
at costa, much interrupted on primaries, more distinct on secondaries ; outer line
inwardly curved below costa and below vein 2, followed by a lighter brown shade
and ochreous streaks on veins; abroad subterminal brown band, divided by a
white angular line ; terminal black line and intervenal spots. Underneath: pri-
maries grey; the outer margin broadly darker; secondaries white, the apex
grey. Expanse 19 mm.
Hah. — Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
I'jdariopliitiicjii giia|>ai*ia.— Head and body da^rk green, mottled with
brown. Primaries light violaceous brown, mottled with dark brown; costa
bright green, except at base and near apex ; inner line dark, wavy, broadly
shaded inwardly with green; outer line shaded outwardly with greeu ; some
white subterminal spots at apex and above inner margin, where they enclose a
black spot; terminal triangular blactk spots edged with white ; fringe streaked at
veins with green, otherwise brown, darkest at base. Secondaries light reddish
brown, somewhat speckled with brown: traces of a dentate outer line and sub-
terminal dark shade above anal angle. Expanse 27 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to C. ischnopterata Warr., but
smaller and with <l;irk sccondai'ies.
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Cidariopliaiies ? dnariiia.— Wings piofliiced at vein 4. Head and
tiiorax greyish i)utf ; abdomen buff, speoliled witli blank. Primaries greyish white,
almost entirely covered with long brown strise, except on outer margins, which
remain broadly white, with greyish striae; lines fine, black; inner line nearly
straight, inwardly shaded on costa with white; outer line angled below costa,
then straight to inner margin; above angle there is a large white spot on the
costa. Secondaries white, streaked with brown and grey on outer margin ; an
outer dark line more distinct in the 9- Underneath whitish, a black discal
point on secondaries, and snbterminal brown shadings. Expanse 40 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Ciclariophaiies incaria. — Body dark olive green. Primaries green at
base, mottled with brown ; inner line black, wavy, oblique on costa, then straight
to inner margin ; median space brown, except costa, which is green, streaked
with brown ; outer line black, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly wavy
to inner margin near the inner line; outer margin broadly green, with a broad
light reddish brown subterminal shade, except between veins 4 and 6 ; a dark
terminal spot above vein 4, and a dark patch on inner margin near angle. Sec-
ondaries brown ; ah outer dentate transverse line, and a dark subterminal shade
at anal angle, outwardly edged with pale buff; an interrupted terminal black
line. Expanse 34 mm.
Hah. — Peru. This species and C. psittacaria Schaus have the
antennie pectinated.
Cidariophaiies psittaoaria.— Head and thorax green, abdomen
brown. Primaries green, with some brown striae; the inner line black, wavy,
inwardly edged with white and then with green and white mottlings; the outer
line black, wavy, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly oblique to inner
margin near the inner line; the median sqace below the black discal spot i.s
brown; the outer line is outwardly edged with white; the subterminal line is
nearly straight, white, slightly interrupted ; there are numerous white scales at
apex and between veins 2 and 4 to outer margin and between veins 4 and 6 up to
the subterminal line. Secondaries white ; a few black specks on outer margin;
a subterminal dark shade at anal angle, and a black spot above it on inner mar-
gin. Underneath white, mottled with green and speckled with black ; a black
dentate outer line and black discal spots. Expanse 38 mm.
^a6.— Peru.
$!»piloci'aspi<Ia aroaria. — Wings brown, with a few black specks and
minute discal spots ; a very faint outer line slightly darker than ground color ; a
subterminal dark grey broken shade, followed by some dark grey spots ; dark
spots at tips of veins. Secondaries with a subterminal row of whitish spots,
heavily shaded with grey near inner margin, where it is followed by a few black
spots. Underneath light brown ; the outer margin darker. Expanse 22 mm.
Hah. — Aroa, Venezuehx.
Spil<»craMpi<la iinibrilinea. — J. Light brown ; minute black discal
spots. Primaries: a dark broad outer shade, angled at costa, produced at vein 4.
then inwardly curved to inner margin ; black points at ends of veins; secondaries
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loo W. SCHAUS.
witli an iiHlistiiict dark outer shade, and some dark l)ro\v'n about the inner mar-
gin. Underneath greyisli, with a subapical dark sliade on primaries. Expanse
26 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Sinieiia iimbrifera.— Head, collar anteriorly and thorax underneath
orange. Thorax aliove and abdomen greyish hlack. Primaries black ; a broad
inner, median and broad suhterminal dentate line light olivaceous brown. Sec-
ondaries with the costal half to near ajtex white; the apex and outer half grey-
ish black, with a suhterminal broad white line. Underneath dark glossy grey ;
the disk of secondaries somewhat whitish. Expanse 40 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, INIexico.
Paiitliera piiiiiai'ia.— Primaries yellowish green ; costa yellow : a dark
inner band ; darker terminal shadings, and some suhterminal dark streaks below
costa; an oblique dark discal spot. Se(!ondaries bright yellow ; the inner mar-
gin greenish ; an indistinct discal spot; a suhterminal dark spot on costa, another
between 4 and 6, and one near anal angle; some dark terminal scales between
veins 2 and 3. Underneath yellow, with black discal spots; apex of primaries
and a subcostal patch black. Secondaries with an apical and anal dark spot. Ex-
panse 46 mm.
iifaft.— Jalapa, Mexico.
Carpella iiiterriipta,— Head black. Body white. Primaries: costa to
near apex black; a median and an outer black line, parallel and slightly oblique
outwardly from inner margin to middle of cell and vein 5 respectively. Second-
aries with a black outer line from inner margin just above anal angle to vein 6.
Underneath similar. E.xpanse 54 mm.
Hab. — Bolivia.
Nipteria virgiiiata. — Frons yellow. Body white. Wings silvery white
without markings; the costa of primaries very finely black. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to cilleiuiria Gn., = impositoria
Walker.
Kipteria claiidaria. — Body dark grey. Primaries above dull white,
with the apex from beyond cell and outer margin dark grey. Secondaries light
grey, the outer margin darker. Underneath the dark ai)ical portion of ])rimaries
is crossed by a whitish shade. Secondaries brownish grey, with a darker trans-
verse median shade. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana. This species is allied to JV. legata Dogn.
Parrliesia nebula. — Body pale grey. Wings whitish grey; a small dark
spot at the end of the cell. Primaries with an indistinct, curved, wavy, dark
line; an outer dentate dark grey line, angled below apex and then jiarallel to
outer margin. Secondaries with an outer and suhterminal, dentate, dark grey
line. Underneath brownish grey, the disk of primaries whitish and the lines as
on upper surface. Ex])anse 21 mm.
iZa6. — Castro, Parana. The markings are very similar to P.
phihjroides Dogn., l)Ut the color is different.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 189
Suhfiim. AciDALIIN^.
0<loiitO|»tila siciil<»<laria. — Wings white, thinly irroraterl witli hi'own
and grey scales; a fine greyisli inner line curved below costa of primaries : a fine
median line, outwardly shaded with brown above median vein on jjrimaries, and
broadly shaded with grey on secondaries; the outer line fine, wavy, beyond
which the outer margin is tinged with pale brown and crossed by a wavy white
subterminal line ; on secondaries some dark grey shading between the outer and
subterminal line; a terminal dark line; the fringe white, flecked with black, a
black point in the cells. Underneath similar, with the shadings on secondaries
brown, irrorated with black. Expanse 24 mm.
Hab. — Oaxaca, Mexico.
Dichroinatopodia oaxacsiiia.— Violaceous brown, with a slightly
darker median shade. Primaries with an inner buff line angled at costa, then
straight to inner margin ; an outer buff line slightly curved below costa. Second-
aries with only an outer line evenly curved. Underneath paler, without mark-
ings. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. — Oaxaca, Mexico.
Dichroiiialopodia zova.--Eeddish brown. Wings with an indistinct
darker median shade; lines narrow, paler; the inner line angled at costa, then
straight to inner margin ; outer line parallel to outer margin ; discal spots black,
containing some grey scales on primaries. Secondaries with only the outer line.
Underneath reddish ; the secondaries somewhat yellow. Small black discal spot
in cells. Expanse 26 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. Allied to D.sigilluta Walk., luit larger.
Diehroniatopodia iialtoua. — Wings pale reddish brown ; discal spots
semilunar, white, partly edged with black scales; inner line on primaries only,
consisting of scattered black scales; outer line buff, angled at vein 6 on both
wings, then curving slightly inwardly to inner margins, and broadly shaded on
either side, with scattered black scales. Underneath pale reddish brown, with a
fine black outer line. Expanse 21 mm.
Hdb. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Dichroinatopodia panleiia. — Wings buff, thickly irrorated with red-
dish scales. Primaries: the outer margin broadly violaceous, limited by a buff
line curved from costa to vein 2, then straight to inner margin ; the basal half of
costa yellowish; an inner buff line outwardly oblique from costa; discal spot
large, violaceous, with a paler center. Secondaries: discal spot small, triangular,
violaceous: outer margin as on primaries. Underneath yellowish I'ed. Expanse
24 mm.
Hab.-Siio Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Aiiisode!>i stollaria. — Body light brown, spotted with black on thorax
and at base of abdomen. Wings ligiit brown. Primaries: a small buff spot in
cell, circled with reddish brown; inner and outer interrupted, black lines; gemi-
nate subterminal and terminal black spots, except between 2 and 4. Secondaries
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190 W. SCHAUS.
with inner and outer lines as on primaries; also a median wavy shade, reddish
hrown between veins 2 and 4, otherwise black ; discal p'ui't whitish, circled with
black ; the apical space beyond cell and above vein 4 suiruscd and thickly spotted
with black; black spots from anal angle to median line on inner margin. Under-
neath pale reddish, with an outer punctiform line. Expanse 27 mm.
Hah. — Jiilapa, Mexico ; Castro, Parana.
AiiiNodcs joiiaria.— Wings light brown, thickly irrorated with greyish
scales, forming distinct median and siibterminal shades; an inner, an outer and
a terminal row of conspicuous black pointrs; discal spots white, circled with
black. Underneath primaries reddish, with an outer and a terminal row of black
l)oints; a small discal spot. Secondaries luteous; the costa reddivsh; an outer
reddish line spotted with black on veins: terminal black points and reddish
shading along the outer margin ; a dark discal si>ot. Abdomen brown ; a dorsal
pale streak. Expanse 24 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Parana. Allied to ^4. megida Druce.
AniwodeM iiioiiera.— Body light brown. Wings light brown : an inner,
outer and terminal row of black points; discal points white, surrounded by a red-
dish shade: a reddish median shade from discal point to inner margin. Under-
neath primaries pale reddish, secondaries luteous; an indistinct outer puncti-
form shade. Expanse 24 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Aiiiiiioiles faiitoinaria. — Wings buflT, irrorated with black scales, espe-
cially from base to median shade ; minute white discal points, circled with black ;
a median wavy grey shade; the outer line black, very fine, wavy ; a subterminal
row of large black spots between the veins; a terminal row of black points. Pri-
maries with a fine black inner line, nearly straight. Underneath pale luteous ;
l>lack discal points; indistinct black subterminal spots on primaries. Expanse
22 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Anisoodes loliiita.— Wings yellowish, almost entirely covered with red-
dish strife; an inner, an outer and a terminal row of black points; a median
wavy grey shade ; discal points white, circled with grey. Underneath reddish,
with the outer points less distinct, and connected by a greyish shade; terminal
black points. Expanse 215 mm.
JL(h.—8ao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
AuiNodcM excavaria. — Body brown; three large triangular silvery
white spots dorsally on abdomen. Wings brown ; the costa of primaries with
black stripe; inner, outer and terminal rows of black points; discal jjointvs white,
circled with black. Underneath reddish; the outer row of points connected by
a darker red shade; the terminal spots larger than on upper surface. In the
male the primaries are excavated below the apex ; the outer margin at vein .'5
being in a line with the apex. Expan.se 16-21 mm.
Hah. — Sao Paulo, Ca.stro, S. K. J>razil.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 191
Aiiisodes castraria. — Body yellowish. Wiugs yellow, irrorated with
violaceous grey scales; au inner grey line curved above and below median vein
on both wings; straight grey line from costa of primaries at three-fourths from
base to middle of inner margin. Secondaries: an outer grey lunular line punc-
ti form on veins; a double subterminal angular line, the angles opposed to each
other and touching; a terminal grey line. On primaries a minute black discal
point; on secondaries a large silvery white spot finely edged with brown. Under-
neath dull luteous, with the lines much less distinct. Expanse 32 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Anisodes obliqiiaria. — Body liglit bufl"; the abdomen with three
transverse brown lines. Wings pale buff, slightly irrorated with brown scales.
Primaries: the costa greenish grey: a brownish line inwardly shaded with grey-
ish from centre of inner margin very obliquely to vein 4, which is itself black
from the cell to outer margin ; above vein 4, near the outer margin, a lunular
reddish brown mark, outwai'dly shaded with greyish ; a few inner and outer
dark points on veins; terminal intervenal dark points, and a terminal dark line
between veins 4-7. Secondaries: a geminate dark basal line; an outer geminate
reddish line from inner margin to vein 4, and a row of points thence to costal
margin; a subterminal brown mark and greyish shadings at vein 4 ; a terminal
dark line. Expanse 36 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Epiiyra alicia. — Wings pale fawn color, with a few scattered brown
scales; inner and median lines slightly darker, more heavily marked on second-
aries ; outer line very fine brown, angular, marked vpith black points at costa,
between veins 4-6 and at inner margins; a terminal brown line, punctiform be-
tween the veins. On primaries discal spot small, white, outwardly shaded with
reddish brown. On secondaries large, black, with some white scales in centre.
Expanse 26 mm.
Hab. — Tijuea, Brazil.
C'liaroininatiea niar;a;iiiata. — Wings yellow in the male, roseate in
the female, irrorated with a few black and white scales. Primaries: basal half
of costa violaceous; inner, median and outer lines fine, wavy, brownish ; outer
margin from inner angle to above vein .5 broadly violaceous; fringe red. Sec-
ondaries: median and outer lines as on [irimaries; extreme margin and fringe
violaceous. Expanse 25-29 mm.
Hab. — Guadalajara, Orizaba, Mexico.
Ciiemodes pertuiniia. — Wings white, irrorated with grey scales; discal
spots pale green, edged with darker green; median and outer lines grey, wavy,
dentate; a terminal grey line, with black intervenal points; fringe white, with
black points at ends of veins; on primaries an inner gi-ey line. Underneath
white, only the disc of primaries irrorated with grey; the lines darker and more
distinct. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
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192 W. SCHAUS.
diemedes mizteca. — Wings liglit biown. I'rimaries: inner line fine,
dark; median shade very broad, dark brown, inwardly reddish brown; discal
spot blackish, with paler centre; outer line very fine, wavy, lunular; fringe
brown at base, outwardly dark grey. Secondaries: the median line and discal
spot as on primaries; the outer line almost imperceptible Underneath reddish
brown, with slight median shade, and blackish discal blotches. Expanse 24 mm.
Hub.— Oiixiicn, JNIexico.
Ciieino<lo!4 plerta. — Wings yellow, irrorated with reddish scales; di.scal
point white, edged with red ; outer line fine, reddish, wavy as in C. indignaria
Gn.; a straight reddish brown line from costa of primaries, close to outei' line, to
middle of inner margin on secondaries; a terminal reddish line. Underneath
luteous, showing the lines of upper side. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Ciieniodes sabiiloides. — Wings pale olivaceous grey, thickly irrorated
with darker grey scales; a brownish median shade crosses both wings; an outer
fine brownish shade, punctiform on veins; the discal spots small, black, the spot
on secondaries somewhat larger than the spot on primaries; a grayish terminal
line; fringe grey, mixed with brown scales. Underneath with discal spots and
outer punctiform line. Expanse 30 mm.
Hub. — Julapa, Mexico.
Cneinotles <lu(li»»ca. — Wings whitish, very thickly irrorated with oliva-
ceous grey and brown scales. Primaries: inner line fine, brownish, forming two
outward curves; discal point white, edged with brown; median shade angled
below costa, then slightly sinuous to inner margin ; outer line black, lunular, the
curves inward, and followed by a darker shade between veins 4-6; an inter-
rupted terminal line. Secondaries: median line less distinct; discal spot smaller
and very indistinct ; outer line as on primaries. Underneath reddish; the dis-
cal spots and outer line as on upper side. Expanse 29 mm.
ifa6. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Cneinodes cantona. — Wings pale bufi'. thinly irrorated witli brown
scales. Primaries : a minute point in the cell ; inner line fine, indistinct ; median
shade greyish, somewhat dentate below costa, curved below cell ; outer line con-
sisting of dark brown points on the veins; a terminal brown line; fringe white,
with brown points at ends of veins. Secondaries: discal spot large, dark brown,
more or less filled in with creamy bufl"; median line crossing discal spot; outer
and terminal line as on primaries. Underneath with the outer line dentate, very
distinct; the median line on primaries only.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Plychopoda graNiiia. — Vertex white. Body grey. Wings whitish,
thickly irrorated with grey scales; a minute black point in the cell; the lines
very indistinct; the outer line like a broad darker grey shade: a terminal black
line interrupted by veins. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. Also allied to 1\ jamaicensis Warr.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 193
Pt.y4thopotla caiithema.— Wings pale buff, irrorated with black and
grey scales; a cluster of black scales iu the cell; inner and median lines very
indistinct, except at costal blotches on primaries ; outer line dark grey, dentate ; a
subterminal line, parallel and similar to outer line ; a terminal dark line inter-
rupted by veins. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Oaxaca, Mexico. Antennae with long hairs, not so dense
as in P. jamaicensis Warr.
Cosyiiibia jarata. — Wings whitish, thinly irrorated with gray scales;
black discal points in cells; inner and median lines wavy, grey; outer line
slightly dentate and punctiform on veins, black ; outer margin broadly grey,
with a whitish subterminal wavy line; terminal intervenal dark spots; fringe
white. Expanse 20 mm.
Sab. — Rio Janeiro. Very much like Ptyehopoda jamaiceyisis
Warr., but has pectinate antennae.
Deptalia atoniaria.— Wings pale buflF, thinly irrorated with violaceous
brown scales; the costa of primaries more thickly irrorated, also a median line ;
an inner and an outer row of black points on the veins; a terminal reddish
brown line, interrupted on either side of veins. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. Deptalia was created by Hulst for
Acidalia htsulsaria Gn. Other species belonging to the genus
are Ephyra ribdimentaria Gn. :^ A. tepidata Walker, A. asthe-
naria Walker, A. invariata Walker, A. numitoria Druce, Pleu-
roprucha roseipuncta Warr. Pleuroprucha Mosch., has an acces-
sory cell which is not present in Deptalia.
Deptalia obsciirior.— Wings light brown, irrorated with darker scales,
especially on costa of primaries; a dark line at end of cells; an outer row of
black points on veins; a terminal row of dark spots; an indistinct inner line on
primaries. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba Mexico.
Deptalia niiniita. — Wings pale bufiF, crossed by wavy pale violaceous
bands; the costa of primaries broadly pale buff; primaries with three inner, a
broad median, an outer, a broad submarginal, and a terminal band, the latter
broadest at apex. Secondaries with two basal, a median, an outer, a broad sub-
terminal and a terminal line; a black point in the cells; fringe yellowish buif.
Underneath luteous, with a distinct black point in the cells. Expanse 11 mm.
Hab. — ^lianii, Florida.
Hieinalea damaria. — Wings with basal half violaceous, containing a
yellow discal spot; outer half yellow; an outer and subterminal, wavy, viola-
ceous line; a terminal violaceous line; the subterminal on primaries interrupted
and extending to terminal at inner angle. E,xpanse 17 mm.
Hab.— Sao Faulo, S. E. Brazil.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (25) FEBRUARY, 1901
194 W. SCHAUS.
Hiemalea vizarm. — %. Body fawn color, vertex dark brown. Wings
whitish fawn color, irrorated with brown, es])ecially on the outer half. Prima-
ries: costa brown; an inner brown line angled on costa, then straight to inner
margin ; a large brown discal spot, edged with blackish brown and divided by
the |>ale discocellular ; an outer geminate, brown, dentate line, followed by some
brown shadings; a wavy, dentate, subterminal, dark brown litie; the outer mar-
gin dark brown from vein 6 to inner angle. Secondaries with the discal spot
formed of a geminate dark brown streak ; the outer and subterminal lines as on
primaries, but less distinct. Underneath paler, with the lines all showing. Ex-
panse 26 mm.
9- — Darker. Primaries: the inner line more wavy ; the outer margin muc^h
darker between veins 3-7; median space suffused with dark grey scales. Ex-
panse 31 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil ; Castro, Parana.
liipoinelia mibilata. — Body light brown. Wings light brown, irrorated
with some reddish brown scales. Primaries: base darker, limited by the inner
line which is angled on ii.-,ta. then straight to inner margin ; a median dark line,
inwardly oblique to innor margin near the inner line, and passing close beyond
an upright white discal line; the space beyond median line between veins 2 and
6 dark violaceous brown; the apex also darker and limited by a subapical line
from costa to outer margin at vein 6; a terminal violaceous line. Secondaries
thickly irrorated with violaceous brown; only the terminal line visible; fringe
yellow, spotted with violaceous. Underneath the secondaries are luteous, with a
subterminal line. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Peru. In shape and arrangement of lines, this species is
very close to L. divaricata Warr.
Suhfani. Sterrhin^.
Asellodes vitraria. — Primaries with a little more than the basal half
vitreous, except the costa, inner margin and a median band, which, with the
outer margin, are lilacine-grey, thickly irrorated with olivaceous scales; there is
an outer greenish buff shade and a subterminal similar shade, the latter edged
on either side with dark brown and black scales, especially at inner angle. On
secondaries a large median vitreous space is surrounded by six smaller vitreous
spots, otherwise the wing is lilacine, irrorated with dark scales, and there are
some greenish buff -shadings on outer margin below apex. Expanse 29 mm.
Hab. — Ecuador. The secondaries in this species are prolonged
acutely at veins 6 and 7, and broadly at anal angle. The shape of
the wings is more like that of the 9 of A. feuedraria Gn. On the
secondaries vein 5 is nearer 6 than 4, so the genus should no doubt
be placed in the Geometrinse.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 195
iSONE IVEW ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA FROW
lELIBfOlSi AXD FLORIDA.
BY CHARLES ROBERTSON.
TIPHIA Fabr.
MALES.
Apex of first segment of abdomen strongly produced and constricted.
floriflana u. sp.
Apex of first segment of abdomen not strongly produced and constricted 1.
1. Wings whitish hyaline ^•
Wings yellowish, or yellowish fuliginous 2.
2. Face and mesonotum doubly punctate, clypeus narrowed at apex.
vulgaris u. sp. -
Face and mesonotum not doubly punctate, clypeus broad at apex.
clypeata n. sp.
3. Large, nervures dark, segments 3-5 of abdomen with coarse punctures.
punctata n. sp.
Small, nervures pale, abdomen more evenly punctured, .illiiioensis n. sp.
FEMALES.
Pigidium strongly puneto-striate throughout floridana n. sp.
Pigidium puneto-striate on basal half 1-
1. WMngs yellowish vulgaris n. sp.
Wings whitish illinoeusisu.sp.
Tiptiia floridana n. sp.
/j^. Black; face opaque, with a double punctuation ; mesonotum coarsely
punctured ; apical half of wings yellowish, marginal cell surpassing second sub-
marginal ; first segment of abdomen on the middle with a transverse ridge, be-
yond coarsely punctured, towards apex produced to a smooth, shining, impunc-
tate, somewhat pointed tubercle, beyond which it is strongly constricted, else-
where the abdomen rather coarsely punctured, the punctures closer on apical
segments. Length 9-10 mm.
9.— Differs from females of Tiphia known to me by the pigidium being
coarsely and strongly puneto-striate throughout. Length 14 mm.
Inverness, Florida; 3 ^,1 9 specimens.
Tiphia vulgaris n. sp.
'^ .—Face and mesonotum opaque, doubly punctured, clypeus narrowed towards
the apex, which is emarginate ; wings yellowish or yellowish fuliginous; abdo-
men rather finely punctured. Length 7-11 mm.
9. Wings yellowish, pigidium hardly puneto-striate beyond apical half.
Length 12-14 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois; Orlando, Florida; 37 J, 8 9 specimens.
This is a common species and may be the same as T. inornata Say.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. APRIL, 1901.
1})6 CHARLES ROBERTSON.
Tipliia olypeata n. sp.
'^. — Face shining, coarsely and rather sparsely punctured ; clypeus hroad, sub-
(juad rate, slightly narrowed towards apex, which is subtruncate ; wings a little
yellowish ; abdomen shining, quite sparsely punctured, except towards apex.
Length 7-10 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois ; 7 S specimens. I do not know the female,
or cannot separate it from female of T. vulgaris.
Tipliia illiiioensis n. sp.
% . — Face shining, rather sparsely punctured above; clypeus strongly narrowed
anteriorly; wings whitish, nervures rather pale, third transverse cubital nervure
rather perpendicular to costal margin, not, or hardly, surpassing apex of margi-
nal cell; truncation of metathorax rather rugose; abdomen rather coarsely and
closely punctured, apical margin of first segment rather strongly constricted.
Length 7-9 mm.
9- — Wings whitish, apical half of pigidium not puncto-striate. Length 8-11
mm.
Carlinville, Illinois; 32 ^; 10 $ specimens.
Tipliia punctata n. sp.
% .—Closely resembles male of T. illimensis, but the nervures darker, segments
.3-5 of abdomen finely and closely punctured at base, coarsely and sparsely punc-
tured beyond. Length 11 mm
Carlinville, Illinois; 1 $ specimen.
The following table of Odyaerus contains all of the species of
Stenaiieistrocerus and Stenodyiierus which I have taken in Illinois
and Florida.
ODYNERIJS Latr.
MALES.
Belongs to Odynerm, to the group of 0. foraminatiis apopkensis n. sp.
Belongs to f^tenodynerus. segment 1 of abdomen without any suture or transverse
fluting on edge of truncation 7.
Belongs to Stenancistrocerus, segment 1 of abdomen with a suture and transverse
fluting on edge of truncation 1.
1. Posterior ocelli without two tubercles or crests between and near them 6.
Posterior ocelli with two tubercles between them 2.
2. Tubercles elongated, passing before the ocelli fulvipes Sauss.
Tubercles not so elongated 3.
3. Tubercles prominent, border of segment 2 reflexed perpendicular to line of
profile bicoriiis n. sp.
Tubercles less prominent, border of segment 2 not .so reflexed 4.
4. Clypeus strongly punctate, flagellum fulvous beneath biTurciis n. sp.
Clypeus feebly punctured, flagellum black 5.
."). Ornaments mostly red, segment 1 usually red Iiistrio Lep.
Ornaments yellow, segment 1 black liistrioiiallN n. sp.
6. Clypeus bidentate, border of segment 2 reflexed sjeoulariw Sauss.
Clypeus broadly truncate, border of segment 2 not reflexed oiy peatiis n. sp.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 197
7. Postscutel black, scutel marked witli yellow 16.
Postscutel not black, scutel black - 8.
8. Posterior ocelli witbout tubercles between theru* 11.
Posterior ocelli with tubercles between them 9.
9. Clypeus bispinose, flagellum black vagiis Sauss.
Clypeus bidentate, flagellum not black beneath 10.
10. Ornaments often red, base of femora reddish OCiileiiK n. sp.
Ornaments yellow, base of femora black illinoensis n. ap.
11. Clypeus truncate Huoriiiis Say.
Clypeus more or less emarginate and bidentate 12.
12. Margins of segments 2 and 3 of abdomen reflexed fuiidalus Cr.
Margin of segment 3 not reflexed 13.
13. Margin of 2 not reflexed 15.
Margin of 2 reflexed 14.
14. Ornaments yellow, margin of 2 reflexed perpendicular to line of profile.
peclestris Sauss.
Ornaments mostly red, margin of 2 not so strongly reflexed.
fiiiKlatiformis n. sp.
15. Segment 1 of abdomen red, ornaments more or less red . . -aiistrali^i u. sp.
Segment 1 black, ornaments yellow , pereiiiiis Sauss-
16. Concavity of metathorax narrow aoolliiiiis Sauss.
Concavity of metathorax broad ... zeiidaloides n. sp.
FEMALES.
Belongs to Stenodynerns 8.
Belongs to Stenancistrocerus 1.
1. Tubercles between posterior ocelli wanting 6.
Tubercles present, less evident than in males 2.
2. Ornaments mostly red 5.
Ornaments yellow 3.
3. No spots on segment 2 of abdomen fiilvipes Sauss.
A spot on each side of 2 4.
4. Clypeus coarsely punctured, bidentate bicoriiis n. sp.
Clypeus less coarsely punctured, less bidentate llistrioualis n. sp.
5. Clypeus coarsely punctured, bidentate, segment 1 of abdomen usually red,
with anterior fac« and basal middle of superior face black.
bifiircus n. sp.
Clypeus less coarsely punctured, less bidentate, segment 1 of abdomen usually
red, with base black liistrio Lei).
6. Apex of clypeus emarginate, witii dentiform angles Msecularis Sauss.
Apex of clypeus broad, distinctly truncate 7.
7. Ornaments yellow clypeatu!« n. sp.
Ornaments red fluridaiiiis n. sp.
8. No tubercles between posterior ocelli 11.
Tubercles present, less evident than in male 9.
9. Clypeus rather strongly bidentate, large species vagus Sauss.
Clypeus with faint dentiform angles 10.
® Males of 0. pedestris sometimes show two small tubercles.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. APRIL, 1901.
198 CHAKI.es ROBERTSON.
10. Base of femora reddish, segment 1 of abdomen usually red. .ociileus n. sp.
Base of femora black, segment 1 black illiiioeiisis n. sj).
11. Apex of clypeus truncate or a little rounded aiiomiis Say.
Apex of clypeus emarginate, with dentiform angles 12.
12. Ornaments mostly red, segment 1 of abdomen red aiistralis n. sp.
Ornaments yellow 13.
13. Both boi'ders of prothorax yellow, segment 2 more globular, its border re-
flexed fiiiidHtlis Cr.
Anterior border of prothorax yellow, segment 2 not globular, its border
hardly reflexed pedestris Sauss.
Odyneriis bicoriiiM n. sp.
9. — Clypeus strongly punctured, apex narrow, with two dentiform angles;
head and thorax coarsely punctured ; posterior ocelli with two tubercles between
them ; metathorax shining, coai-sely reticulated, its concavity punctured, the bor-
ders blunted; first segment coarsely and closely punctured, the second more
finely and sparsely punctured ; fluting on first segment distinct, border of second
coarsely punctured, somewhat reflexed. Black, with yellow ornaments as fol-
lows: spot on base of mandibles, arcuate line on clypeus, scape in front, spot on
fi-ont, spot in sinus of the eye, postocular spot, interrupted border of prothorax,
tegulse, spot beneath, postscutel, four small spots on metathorax, borders of ab-
dominal segments 1, 2 and 4, oblique line on each side of 1, spot ou each side of
2, knees, tibiae and tarsi. Length 9 mm.
% . — Clypeus strongly punctured, strongly bidentate'; tubercles between poste-
rior ocelli strongly produced, shining; border of second segment of abdomen
strongly canaliculate, strongly reflexed perpendicular to line of profile. Orna-
ments about as in the female ; a line in sinus of eye and clypeus entirely yellow,
sometimes a spot on mesothorax, the spots on metathorax wanting, oblique line
on first segment of abdomen reduced to a spot, border of fifth segment with yel-
low Hue; oruaments sometimes more red. Length 9-10 mm.
Inverness, Florida ; 1 9,5 ^ specimens. The sexes were taken
in copnla.
Otlynei'ii$« bifurciis n. sp.
9 .— Clost^ly rcisenibles the female of 0. hisfrio, but the clypeus is shorter, more
strongly punctured, more bideutate ; metathorax with its concavity less deep,
more rounded, its borders.more sharply defined ; first two segments of abdomen
more coarsely punctured, the margin of second segment more reflexed. The
ornaments about the same; sides of metathorax largely red; first segment of
abdomen with the apical margin yellow, the sides of superior portion entirely
red, or with two oblique red lines; the legs a little darker at base. Length 9 mm.
% . — DiflTers from the male of 0. hisfrio in its clypeus being strongly punctured,
strongly bidentate. with a deep notch between the teeth ; concavity of metathorax
with its borders more sharply defined ; first and second segments of abdomen
more strongly punctured, the border of second more strongly reflexed. The
ornaments about the same as in 0. hintrio % , but the flagellum is fulvous beneath;
metathorax more red on the sides; sides of first segment red on the superior por-
tion. Length 9 mm.
Inverness, Floi-ida ; 2 9,6 $ specimens.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 199
Odyiieriis liis^trioiialiN n. sp.
9 . — Of the same size and structure of 0. histrio 9 . The ornaments are the same,
but yellow instead of fulvous or red. The arcuate line at summit of clypeus some-
times broken in two, or entirely wanting; metathorax black; first segment of abdo-
men black, sometimes with an oblique line or spot on the sides; two yellow spots on
second segment ; border of fourth segment usually — of third sometimes — more or
less yellow; legs fulvous, femora largely blackish basally. Length 8-10 mm.
%, . — Also of the size and structure of 0. histrio % . The ornaments yellow.
There are two yellow spots on second segment, and the borders of third and
fourtli segments sometimes more or less yellow. Length 7-10 ram.
Carlinville, Illinois; 16 9 > ^^7 ^ specimens. Inverness, Florida ;
3 <? specimens.
This species is closely related to 0. histrio, the name being in-
tended to indicate that relation. It may be a mere variety of that
species. In both species the posterior ocelli have a pair of tubercles
between them, more evident in the males, where— seen from the
side — the near tubercle appears above the ocellus, the other con-
ceals the ocellus of the other side. In the Florida Odyneri there
seems to be a general tendency for the ornaments, as well as the
ground color of the base of abdomen and base of legs, to become
fulvous or red.
Odyiieriis clypeatus n. sp.
9 . — Clypeus rather strongly puncto-striate, its apex regularly truncate, about
one-third the total width of clypeus; vertex with a concave depression behind
ocelli ; head and thorax rather strongly and conttuently punctured ; metathorax
with a broad, heart-shaped concavity, notched behind postscutellnm, carinate in
the middle, with regular lateral, radiating lines; above the concavity shows some
coarse reticulations, the edges sharp but irregular; above the metathorax is
coarsely reticulated ; the first segment of abdomen presents a suture on its ante-
rior face, which is followed by a fluting, so that the segment appears constricted
at the edge of the truncation ; beyond the fluting the segment is finely roughened,
coarsely and confluently punctured ; the second segment also finely roughened,
but less coarsel.y and strongly punctured. Black ; a dot on mandibles, sometimes
wanting; more or less extensive, sometimes interrupted, arcuate line on summit
of clypeus, line on scape, spot between antenna?, spot in sinus of eye, postocular
spot, two spots on prothorax, tegulse, spot under the wings, postscutellnm, usually
the lower borders of metathorax, borders of first and second segments of abdo-
men, two spots on second segment, borders of segments three and four, more or
less, and the knees, tibite and tarsi yellow; the tarsi a little darker. Length
9-10 mm.
'J, . — The cl.vpeus more broadly truncate; the mandibles, clypeus, lower border
of orbits, spots on coxfe, anterior and middle femora more extensively, and bor-
ders of segments 1-6 of abdomen yellow. The flagellum beneath and the hook
fulvous. Length 7-8 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois; 8 9 , 51 ^ specimens.
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200 CHARLES ROBERTSON.
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OdyiieriiN flori<laiiii!« u. sp.
9. — Clypeus pyriform, its punctures rather fine and sparse, its apex broad,
regularly truncate; head and thorax with not very coarse punctures; metathorax
almost truncate, its concavity shallow, finely striate, border sharp; anterior face
of first segment of abdomen with a rather distinct suture, followed by a fluting,
superior face coarsely and closely punctured, second segment with the punctures
rather fine and sparse. Black ; teguise, margin of second segment of abdomen
and the legs, except base of hind pair, yellow ; red ornaments as follows : spot on
mandibles, arcuate line on clypeus, scape in front, spot on front, si)ot in sinus of
eye, postocular spot, two large spots on prothorax, si)ot under the wing, postscu-
tel, sides of metatliorax, superior surface of first segment of abdomen, and a large
spot on each side of second segment. Length 8 mm.
Inverness, Florida; 2 9 specimens. Closely related to 0. cly-
peatus. It may be only a variety of that species.
Odyiieriis apopkensis n. sp.
'^ . — Clypeus almost regularly pentagonal, the apex arcuate, with dentiform
angles; head coarsely and confluently punctured ; thorax even more coarsely, the
intervals with finer punctures; postscutel somewhat crested, crenulate; concavity
of metathorax rather deep, small, striate, rounded, without lateral angles, the
superior ridges sharp, separated above from postscutel by a notch ; abdomen
rather strongly truncate at base, conical, the first segment short, nearly as wide
as second, first two segments finely roughened, with shallow, rather sparse punc-
tures, borders of segments 2-5 coarsely punctured, the punctures interspersed
with finer punctures. Black; clypeus pale yellow; base of mandibles, line or
spot between antennpe, and hook of antennae pale or orange yellow ; border of
second segment of abdomen yellow; first two joints of antennse and the legs
orange-red ; red ornaments as follows: postocular spot, prothorax, except hind
angle, tegulse, spot beneath, postscutel, sometimes sides of metathorax, first seg-
ment of abdomen, except anterior face, a large triangular patch on each side of
base of second segment connected with two large more or less confluent patches
on the ventral surface. Length 10-13 mm.
Inverness, Florida ; 4 S specimens. This species belongs to the
group of 0. foraminatas Sauss.
Odynerus fiiiidatiforniis n. sp.
"^ . — Of the size, form and structure of 0. fimdatus Cr. % , the margin of second
segment of abdomen reflexed, but not the third also as in that species; the second
segment also less swollen. Black: clypeus, labrum, base of mandibles, line be-
tween antennie, lower border of orbits in front, scape in front, spot behind tegu-
lse, spots on coxte and knees yellow; postscutel, borders of abdominal segments
1-4, and two spots on base of second segment orange-yellow; flagellum beneath,
legs, spot l)eliind eye, prothorax, tegula;, spot beneath, sides of metathorax. seg-
ment 1 of abdomen, except base, red. Length 11 mm.
Inverness, Florida; 1 $ specimen.
OdyiieriiM aii!«tralis n. sp.
9 . — Clypeus rather coarsely punctured, as wide as long, apex concave, arcuate,
with dentiform angles; head and thorax shining, rather coarsely, not very
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AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 201
closely punctured ; concavity of metathorax rather deep, shining, striate below,
punctured above; ridges blunted, with coarse reticulations somewhat concealed
by a close silvery sericeous pubescence ; segment 1 of abdomen without any
suture or transverse fluting, the superior face coarsely punctured, segment 2 with
more fine, more shallow punctures, the apical margin coarsely puuctered, not
reflexed. Black, scape beneath, and segment 1 of abdomen red : legs more or
less red or yellow ; spot on mandibles, arcuate line on clypeus, spot between an-
tennae, spot in sinus of eye, tegulse, their appendix, postscutel, and borders of
segments 1 and 2 of abdomen yellow ; sometimes the border of segment 1 is con-
nected with a yellow lateral spot; postocular spot, prothorax in front, and spot
under the wings yellow or red ; sometimes there is a red spot on each side of
metathorax at base above and on each side of base of segment 2. Length 9-10 mm.
% . — Mandibles, labrum, clypeus, scape beneath, wedged-shaped mark between
antennae, lower border of orbits in front, knees, tibiae and tarsi yellow; the orna-
ments of thorax yellow or red ; flagellum fulvous beneath, middle coxae, and
sometimes hind ones yellow or red ; the femora, especially the hind pair, red at
base; segments 4 6 of abdomen sometimes with yellow borders; otlierwise as in
female. Length 7-8 mm.
Inverness, Florida ; 3 9)6 ^ specimens.
Odyiiei'us ociileus n. sp.
9- — Clypeus finely and sparsely punctured, its apex emarginate, with denti-
form angles; head and thorax coarsely punctured; posterior ocelli with two
tubercles between them ; concavity of metathorax rather deep, rounded, opaque,
striate, on the sides above reticulate; ridges of metathorax blunted, coarsely re-
ticulated ; segment 1 of abdomen without a trace of suture or fluting, coarsely
punctured ; segment 2 less coarsely punctured, except on apical margin, which is
not reflexed. Black ; mandibles, apex of clypeus, first three joints of antennae,
especially beneath, femora at base, especially the hind pair, usually the first seg-
ment of abdomen, sometimes marks on sides of metathorax and two spots on
ventral surface of segment 2 of abdomen red ; spot on mandibles, arcuate line on
summit of clypeus, spot between antennae, spot in sinus of eye, postocular spot,
two spots on prothorax, tegulae. their appendix, spot beneath, postscutel, some-
times a spot on each side of metathorax above, fasciae on apical margin of seg-
ments 1 and 2, and sometimes 4, oblique line on 1, spot on each si.ie of 2, fascia
on 2 beneath, knees, tibiae and tarsi, yellow; sometimes these ornaments are
orange-yellow or even more or less red. Length 9 mm.
% . — The clypeus bidentate, tubercles between posterior ocelli quite cons|)iiu-
ous, resembles the female. Two or three basal joints of flagellum, at least be-
neath, red ; flagellum reddish beneath, hook black ; mandibles, labrum, clypeus,
scape in front, wedge-shaped mark between antennae, another in sinus of eye.
middle coxae in front, and two large spots on ventral surface of segment 2 of ab-
domen, yellow; postocular spot, two spots on prothorax, tegulae, their appendix,
spot beneath, postscutel. borders of segments 1 and 2 of abdomen, usually an
oblique spot on 1, a spot on each side of 2, border of 2 beneath, knees, tibiae and
tarsi usually yellow, sometimes orange-yellow or reddish ; sometimes anterior and
hind coxae in front, extreme sides of segment 2, more or le.ss complete fascife on
4-6, and on 3 and 4 beneath, yellow ; sometimes there is a red mark on sides of
metathorax; segment 1 of abdomen, except extieme base, usually red, sometimes
superior face tinged with black; rarely this segment is black, with the usual yel-
low ornaments. Length 7-9 mm.
Orlando and Inverness, Florida ; 4 9)30 <? specimens.
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202 CHARLES ROBERTSON.
0<l.vneriis illinoensiM n. sp.
9. — Clyi)eus rather sparsely and finely punctured, its ajjex narrow, nearly
trunrate, but with slight dentiform angles; two inconspicuous tubercles between
posterior ocelli and a depression behind them ; metathorax not sliining, rather
finely reticulated, the borders of the concavity rounded ; first segment without
any trace of a suture ; the insect rather coarsely punctured ; border of second seg-
ment of abdomen very slightly reflexed Black ; the yellow t)rnaments as fol-
lows: base of mandibles, arcuate line on summit of clypeus, sometimes inter-
rupted and forming two spots, often a subquadrate spot towards apex of clypeus,
the scape in front, spot between antenna?, spot in sinus of eye, a postocular spot,
two spots on prothorax, tegulte, their appendix, spot under wing, postscutellum,
often a spot on mesothorax, a round spot on each side of metathorax above, some-
times wanting, sometimes a spot or line on each side below, or the entire lateral
borders of metathorax, apical margins of abdominal segments 1, 2, 4 and 5, and
extreme sides of 3, an oblique spot on each side of 1, two spots on 2 above, and
sometimes two spots on ventral surface beneath, knees, tibiae and tarsi, the ante-
rior and middle femora more broadly yellow at tips. Length 7-9 mm.
%. — Clypeus polygonal, almost impunctate, apex bidentate ; the tubercles be-
tween posterior ocelli more evident than in the female; apical margin of second
segment of abdomen a little more reflexed. The clypeus entirely, the mandibles,
flagellum beneath, a line between the antennae, and the lower borders of the eyes
in front, yellow; the marks on metathorax and the spot on mesothorax usually
wanting; the oblique spot on first segment often reduced to a dot; the second
segment of abdomen beneath has two large spots; the apical margin of sixth seg-
ment is often yellow, but sometimes only the first two segments have a yellow
border; the anterior and middle femora have the yellow marking extending
nearly to the base; the middle coxse, and sometimes the front and hind ones,
with a yellow spot. Length 7-8 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois ; 18 9,5 S specimens. This may be only a
variety of 0. ocitleus.
Odynerus zendaloides n. sp.
% . — Belongs to the group of 0. acolhuus and sendalus. Head and thorax
coarsely punctured ; clypeus subquadrate, or rather transverse diamond shaped,
broader than long, coarsely punctured, the apex strongly bidentate; interval be-
tween ocelli strongly elevated, parted by a groove; thorax broad anteriorly, nar-
I'owing posteriorly; prothorax with crested, dentiform angles; postscutellum
short, truncate, strongly crested, with a sharp crenulate ridge, upper half of pos-
terior face strongly punctured, lower half smooth and shining; metathorax with
a broad, deep, circular, closely punctured concavity, the borders rounded, rather
sparsely and coarsely punctured ; articular spines simple, black ; abdomen spin-
dle shaped ; first segment cup shaped, coarsely punctured, a little constricted be-
fore apex ; second segment with smaller, more shallow punctures, except on apex,
where it is a little canaliculate. Black, with yellow ornaments as follows: cly-
peus, excei)t anterior border, scape in front, interrupted band on prothorax. tegu-
Ite, spot under the wing, more or less interrupted band, or two spots on scutel,
narrow borders of abdominal segments 1-3, l)order of 2 beneath, knees, tibia; and
tarsi ; the color of legs more reddish. Length 8-9 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois; 3 $ specimens.
Puinpiliis illiiioeusiii n. sp.
9. — Velvety black, opaque, abdomen sometimes with a puri)lish reflection:
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
203
clypeus subtriincate, or slightly emarginate; joint 3 of anteniiiB about five, times
as long as 2, about one-fifth longer than 4 ; posterior margin of prothorax angu-
lar; metathorax rounded, with a faint median impressed line, its apex reflesed :
legs with numerous short spines, the front tarsi hardly ciliated ; claws large, with
a median tooth ; wings violaceous black or fuscous, with a slight purplish reflec-
tion, apical margin usually more clouded ; submedian cell of front wings longer
than median, of hind wings equaling, or a little shorter than, median, both meas-
ured on the dividing nervures; marginal cell lanceolate, cubital cells 2 and 3 sub-
equal, strongly narrowed above by curving transverse cuhitals, 2 usually a little
less strongly narrowed than 3, rarely subquadrate, 2 receiving the first recurrent
nervure a little beyond the middle, 3 receiving the second about the middle.
Length 8-15 mm.
% .—Joint 3 of antennfe about four times as long as 2, equaling 4 ; claws large,
cleft ; wings a little less clouded, legs less spinose. Length 8-11 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois; 19 9,10 S specimens.
Differs from P. cethiops Cr. and relativus Fox by the posterior
margin of prothorax being angular; from P. philadelphicMS Cr. by
its smaller size, blacker color, clypeus of 9 not deeply emarginate,
joint 3 of antennae of S not longer than 4 ; from P. scelestus Cr. by
its venation, cleft claws of % , etc.
Tachytes distinctus Sm.
Tachytes distinctus Smith, B. M. Cat. Hym., 4, 307. 1S56, 9 .
Tachytes crassus Patton, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 20, 393, 1880, 9 .
Tachytes crassus Fox. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc , 19, 241, 1892, 9 I .
Tachytes elongatus Cr.
Tachytes distinctus var B. Smith, B. M. Cat. Hym., 4, 307, 1856, 9 .
Tachytes elonqatus Cr., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, 4. 215, 1872, % .
Tachytes distinctns Fox, ibid. 19, 246, 1892, 9 .
Tachytes elongatus Fox, ibid., % .
Tachytes distinctus Fox, Proc. Acad. Sci. Phil., 1893, 504, 9 % .
Oxybelus floridanus n. sp.
\ _0f the same size, form and structure as 0. Isetus Say, and is perhaps a mere
variety of that species.' The ornaments the same : the black color of the legs
replaced by orange reddish so that the legs appear quite different; the abdomen
has fewer spots, one specimen with eight spots, the other with four; apical seg-
ment of abdomen rufous; otherwise quite as in 0. Isetus. Length 4-5 ram.
Inverness, Florida; 2 % specimens.
Notoglossa inoriiata n. sp.
9 .—Clypeus with lateral dentiform angles and a median dentiform process,
beyond which it is smooth and shining : prothorax carinate; scutel and postscutel
carinate; squama as in Oxybelus; spine rather broad, emarginate ; basal segment
of abdomen with median impressed line; insect shining, rather closely and
coarsely punctured. Black, with thin white pubescence on face, cheeks and
sides; apical half of antenn®, tegulw, base of wing, apical joints of tarsi testa-
ceous; mandibles, anterior and middle tibije, and anterior tarsi yellow; apical
segment of abdomen red. Length 4 mm.
% .—Resembles the female; mandibles, knees, anterior and middle tibise, apex
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. MAY, 1901.
204 CHARLES ROBERTSON.
of liind libiic and tlie tarsi pale yellow; in one specimen the scape is black, witli
a little yellow at tip, in another about half yellow, in the third the scape is en-
tirely yellow ; the tefiiilse and base of wing darker than in 9- there is a small
spine on each side of sixth segment. Length 3-4 mm.
Carliiiville, Illinois ; 1 9 , 3 S specimens.
Notoglosi^a ainericana n. sp.
? Oxijhelm analiit Cr., Proc. Eiit. Soc, 4, 149, 1865, 9 % .
Oxj/belits emarginatiis Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc, 6, 435, 1867, 9 % •
Oxybelus emarginatus Robertson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 16, 84, 1889, 9 ^ •
I had at least two specimens of the following mixed with the
specimens upon which the above description was based, and that is
probably true of Packard's material ; at least, the small specimen
from Illinois probably belongs to the next. But that did not seem
to modify the descriptions in any essential. Of 31 9 specimens, 30
have two spots on scutellum ; the abdomen is 8 spotted in 29, 6-
spotted in 1, 4-spotted in 1 ; all have the fifth segment of abdomen
more or less rufous. Of 42 % specimens, 13 have spots on pro-
thorax; 19 have spots on tubercles; the abdomen is 8-s})otted in 6,
6 spotted in 7, 4 spotted in 26, and 2-spotted in 1. This may prove
to be the same as A. analis Cr. or a mere variety of it.
Notoglossa einargiiiala Say.
Oxybelus emnrfiinntas Say, Bost. Joiirn. Nat. Hist., 1, 375, 1837, '^ . LeConte
Edit., 2, 757.
Oxybelus parvus Cresson, I'roc. Ent. Soc, 4, 476, 1865, % .
Notoglossa emarginatus Ashmead, Can. Ent., 31. 162, 1899.
9. — Closely, rather finely punctured ; prothorax carinate; scutel moderately,
postscutel strongly carinate; squama terminating in a curved point, not with a
short lateral curved point which does not surpass the base, as in iV. americaua and
frontalis; spine broad, excavated, emargiuate; base of abdomen with median de-
pression. Black, the face with some glittering hairs, not at all silvery ; mandibles,
line on prothorax, tubercles, two spots on scutel, inner edge of squama, some-
times extending across postscutel, knees, anterior tibire, middle tibise in front,
hind tibiai at base, and front tarsi, six or eight spots on abdomen, yellow; middle
and hind tarsi fuscous; antennse, except at base, more or less fulvous; tegulse
reddish testaceous, apical segment of abdomen rufous. Length 3-4 mm.
"J, . — The face with silvery pubescence; no spots on scutel ; middle tibiae more
yellow; middle and hind tarsi yellow or whitish, apical joints sometimes a little
fuscous; prothorax with more or less evident yellow marks on the sides ; of 9 'J,
specimens, the tubercles show yellow in 1 ; the abdomen 4-si)otted in 5, 2-spotted
in 4. Length 3 5 mm.
Carlinville, Illinois ; 3 9,9 ^ specimens.
This species appears to run smaller than N. americaua. The form
of the squama shows a distinct species ; the spine is not so broad as
in that species; the ornaments are more yellow; the female has no
silvery hairs on face; the prothorax more yellow, the band usually
continuous and extending to tu.l)ercles ; the spots on scutel larger.
AMERICAN ODONATA. 205
THE SUBGEN(J!§i STYL.IIRIIS IVEEDHAIVI: SEL.YS'
GROUPS VI AXD VII OF THE GEIVUS G09I-
PHUS (ODONATA), AXD ON THE POST-
ANAL €ELL,S IN THE EATTER.
BY E. B. WILLIAMSON.
Size medium or large ; thorax normally dark Avith paler mark-
ings ; a pale stripe between the mid-dorsal carina and the humeral
suture, isolated, no.t continuous above or below with other pale
areas; in adults the general color of thorax and abdomen is a very
dark reddish brown or black (excepting in plagiakis, where 'the
thorax is somewhat lighter and the abdomen is brown), while the
pale thoracic markings are bluish green in color (in tenerals yellow
or greenish yellow). Front wings with two posttriangular cells (in
sciidderi usually, and in other species frequently, three in the first
row) ; the branches of the anal vein normally enclosing first two
open cells followed by two rows; the first postanal cell* irregular
in form, its length about one and one half times its maximum width,
one side formed by the second branch of the anal vein, which
branch is distinctly angulated where it is met by the vein separating
the first and second postanal cells ; portion of Snal vein bounding
the first postanal cell longer than the portion of the second branch
of the anal vein bounding the same cell ; pterostigina ordinary or
long.
S . — First hamule slender, simple, partly or entirely concealed by
the second, not unguiculated ; second hamule laminate, as seen in
profile tapering to an acute apex ; sheath of penis large, rounded.
Superior abdominal appendages widely divaricate, seen in profile
the upper edge not as convex as in related species (frateruus, cras-
■sus and the dilatatus group), beyond the middle the outer side
bevelled away to the apex, the bevelled portion with a narrow
externo-ventral shelf with a crenulate mai-gin ; inferior appendage
with its branches about equally or slightly more divergent than the
superiors.
® The cells enclosed between ttiese two branches of the anal vein may be called
the postanal cells, thus avoiding any confusion with the anal triaiigle of authors ;
they make up the middle one of the three postcostal areas.
TRANS. \M. ENT. SOC, XXVII. MAY, 1901
-OQ K. B. VVILLIAISISON.
9 .—Frontal vesicle tuberculute, cairving behind each lateral
ocellus and ending there, or continued posteriorly, in which case
each extremity is produced into a spine ; the carina enclosing the
vesicle thickened and produced on either side to form a spine be-
tween the lateral ocellus and the eye, this spine apparently correla-
ted with a small dorsal subapical hemispherical excavation on each
branch of the inferior appendage of the male. Vulvar lamina from
very short to about one-fifth as long as the sternum of 9. Appen-
dages longer than 10, acute. I have been unable to find a chai'acter
which isolates the females in question as well as the males are iso-
lated by the form of their superior abdominal appendages. The
frontal vesicle, as in amnicola, notatns and plagiatus, is similar to
certain other species in the genus. The posterior spines of scndderi
and spinicepa are better developed in brevis ; in copulation they
would overlap the internal edges of the branches of the inferior
appendage of the male. The lateral spine between the lateral
ocellus and the eye is common to the genus, though in such species
as spicatas and exilis it is reduced to the merest vestige. In general,
in both sexes, the eyes are more approximated than usual in the
genus, the vertex meets the frons in a very obtuse angle, the angle
of the frons is rounded and low, and the occipital crest is low, but
such characters, indefinite as they are, can hardly be used in isola-
ting the group.
Professor Needham (Canadian Entomologist, vol. xxix. No. 7,
pp. 167 and 177) has characterized the nymphs of notatus, spmiceps
and plagiatus as follows : "Wing cases laid parallel along the back ;
third joint of antennae cylindric, at least twice as long as wide ; ab-
dominal appendages longer than the 10th segment; front border of
median lobe of labium straight, with the usual fringe of flat scales,
but without teeth ; abdomen not abruptly narrowed before the 9th
.segment; body spindle shaped, little flattened; fore and middle
tibiue with small external apical hooks, or with none; ninth abdomi-
nal segment one half longer than the eighth, its lateral margins
nearly parallel ; a minute mid-dorsal apical spine on the 9th .seg-
ment only; lateral lolie of the labium with a strongly incurved end
hook and teeth on the inner niargin increasing in size posteriorly."
So far as known to myself the nymj)hs of the five species of this
subgenus live only in running water, with the exception of plagiatus
which is found in both flowing and still water.
AMERICAN ODONATA.
207
1. Abdominal segment 8 longer than 9.* % .—Segments 7-9 greatly dilated ;
second hamule forked. 9-— Vulvar lamina not shorter than one-
seventh the sternum of 9 2.
Abdominal segment 8 shorter than 9.* '^.—Segments 7-9 slightly dilated;
second hamule simple. ? .—Vulvar lamina shorter than one-seventh
the sternum of 9 • • -3.
2. Segments 3-7 with a maculose longitudinal mid-dorsal stripe. . .amiiieola.
Segments 3-7 basally annulate with yellow scudderi.
3. Abdomen black, marked with yellow or green ^■
Abdomen yellowish brown, marked with yellow or green; labrum largely
green, no distinct markings plagiatiis.
4. Abdominal segments 7 and 9 about equal in length ; labrum with the margins
and a more or less distinct central spot, yellowish spiuiceps.
Abdominal segment 9 shorter than 7; labrum with the margins and a longitudi-
nal median stripe (rarely reduced to a central spot), black. .iiotal US.
In listing the material examined of each species, mention is made
of tho.se persons and institutions to whom my thanks are due for the
loan of specimens. At the Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., I am indebted to
Dr. Calvert ; at the U. S. Nat. Mus., to Mr. Currie ; at the M. C.
Z., to Mr. Henshaw ; and at Ohio State University, to Mr. Hine.
Measurements, descriptions and notes given under each species have
been made from material examined by myself, unless otherwise
stated, and have no reference to hitherto published accounts of
these species.
1. GoinphuN amnicola Walsh., Proc. Acad. Phil., p. 396, 1862.
Ab. -^35; 9 35-36; H. w. % 29-31; 9 33.
Antecub. f. w. 11-14; h. w. 7-11.
Postcub. f. w. 7-12 ; h. w. 8-12.
Face yellowish, labrum margined with black, rarely an indistinct median spot
of same color ; anteclypeus dark or pale ; lower lateral edges of postclypeus moie
or less black, usually the lateral depressions also dark ; suture between frons and
clypeus, and frons above at base, black. Mesothoracic half-collar not interrupted,
continuous with the pale area of the mid-dorsal carina, which includes the carina
itself and usually a little on either side; dorsal stripes isolated, strongly conver-
gent above, in one specimen continuous above with the pale of the mid-dorsal
carina area; antehumeral pale stripe interrupted above and rarely also at other
points; humeral and first lateral suture each with a black stripe, the latter inter-
rupted above or more rarely complete. Abdomen with a maculose longitudinal
mid-dorsal stripe. Legs black, first femora brown beneath, and last femora ])ale
dorsally ; in tenerals all the femora are pale and the tibijB and tarsi brown.
'^ .— Accessory genitalia of 2 black ; sides of 8 and 9 each with a large yellow
blotch ; 10 and appendages black or very dark.
9. —Abdominal segments laterally conspicuously marked with yellow; 8 and
9 scarcely dilated ; vulvar lamina in length one-fourth to one-fifth sternnni of 9.
* A character by no means always clearly evident in dried specimens ; excepting
for spiniceps, it may be generally said in this group tliat 8 and 9 are about equal.
TRANS. \M. ENT. SOC, XXVII. MAY, 1901
208 e. b. williamson.
Material Examined.
1 <? , 1 9 , Rock Island, Illinois ; each labelled "Type ; " % with
last 7 abdominal segments gone. U. S. Nat. Mus.
1 ^ , 1 9 , Rock Island, Illinois. M. C. Z.
1 I , Galina, Illinois; Mr. Bean, collector. M. C. Z.
1 S , Bethlehem, N. Y.; July 6, 1870 ; Lintner collection. M. C. Z.
This species has also been reported from Iowa.
2. Ooiiipliiis sciidderi Selys. Truis. Add. Syii. Goniph.. p. 24 (or 752), 1873.
Ab. -J, 43; 9 42-43. H. w. % 34-35; 9 36-37.
Antecub. f. w. 14-15; h. w. 10-11.
Postc.ub. f. w. 11-12 ; h. w. 9-11.
Face olive or yellow ( 9 ) ; labrum clear green or yellow ( 9 ), margined with
black, with or without trace of a median spot or longitudinal stripe; anteelypeus
brown ; lower half of frons in front, suture between frpns and clypeus, lateral
depres.sions and lower lateral edges of post-clypeus, and frons above at base,
black. Mesothoracic half-collar interrupted in the middle; mid-dorsal carina
black ; doreal stripes isolated ; antehumeral pale stripe widely interrupted above,
reduced to a short line below and a spot above; humeral and lateral sutures each
with a complete stripe; the humeral and first lateral stripe enclose a parallel-
sided pale area about as wide as the humeial stripe; pale area between the two
lateral stripes reduced, interrupted above. Legs black ; first femora, and to a
lesser extent the second, paler beneath ; third femora black or yellow basally.
Abdomen with 3-7 basally annulate with yellow.
%. — Accessory genitalia of 2 blackish; second hamule similar to that of G.
amnicola ; 8 and 9 each with a small dorsal basal spot and a larger irregular lat-
eral basal one ; 10 and appendages black.
9 • — Spines on vesicle of frons placed more closely to the lateral ocelli than in
G. spinicep.i ; lateral spines short, conical. Abdominal segments 2-9 laterally con-
spicuously marked with yellow; 7-9 very slightly dilated; vulvar lamina in
length about one-sixth the length of the sternum of 9. The vulvar lamina of
the female of this species loaned me by Dr. Calvert differs from the specimen
figured by the two thickened areas being more contiguous and with a thiner
membranous area basally on either side, as well as between them; the outline
of the lamina is the same in both cases.
Material Examined.
2 S , Russell Stream, Northeast Carry, Maine ; August 29, 1899 ;
F. L. Harvey, collector. E. B. AVilliamson.
1 9 , Northeast Carry, Maine; August 29, 1899 ; F. L. Harvey,
collector. Ohio State University.
1 9, Russell Stream, September 27, 1899; F. L. Harvey, col-
lector. Dr. P. P. Calvert.
Selys' type of this species may possibly have been taken in Mas-
sachusetts or New Hampshire.
AMERICAN ODONATA. 209
3. Goniplius Kpiiiiceps Walsh. (Macrogomphus ? s.), Proc. Acad. Phil., p.
389, 1862.
Ab. % 46-49 ; 9 48-52. H. w. % 35-37 ; 9 38-40.
Antecub. f. w. 15-17; h. w. 10-12.
Postcub. f. w. 11-13; h. w. 11-14.
Face brown, sometimes slightly paler (greenish) at the sutures; edges of lab-
rum and a more or less distinct small central spot, yellowish, its base greenish ;
frons above greenish, little or not interrupted in the middle by the brown of
the basal half. Mesothoracic half-color interrupted ; mid-dorsal carina black ;
doi-sal stripes isolated ; antehumeral stripe interrupted to form a spot above
and a line below, on one side in one specimen and on both sides in another the
two connected ; a straight, parallel-sided pale area between the humeral and first
lateral stripes; two lateral stripes, the enclosed pale area narrower than either
and constricted or interrupted above. Abdomen with a much reduced maculose
longitudinal mid-dorsal stripe. Legs black, paler basally, first femora brown
beneath.
■J, . — Accessory genitalia of 2 blackish ; second hamule longer than in any other
species of the group, simple, curved forwards, the apical third directed anteriorly ;
segments 7-9 slightly dilated, about as in notatus and plagiafus; sides of 8 and 9
greenish, with reddish tinges, the extreme edges hlack ; 10 and the appendages
black or very dark.
9 . — There is great variation in the development of the spine on either side
between each lateral ocellus and the eye; it may be very distinct, or hardly dis-
cernable. though a thickening of the carina at that point is evident. In the same
way the crest of the occiput varies in different specimens in a way that can
hardly be explained by shrinkage in drying; it is emarginate at the center, and
on either side of this may be a low uniformly convex edge, or it may be as shown
in the drawing (plate viii). Abdomen more robust than in the male; 8 and 9
scarcely dilated, colored about as in the male, edge of 9 entirely pale ; 3-7 with
conspicuous lateral spots; vulvar lamina about one-twentieth as long as the ster-
num of 9.
Material Examined.
2 S , Ohio ; 1 9 , Akrou, Ohio ; September 26, 1897 ; J. S. Hine,
collector. Ohio State University.
1 I , Ohio ; J. S. Hine, collector. U. S. Nat. Mas.
1 S (type of Stylurus segregans Needham), Quiver Creek, Ha-
vana, Illinois; June 23, 1896. Professor Needham.
1 9 , Horton's Ford, Tennessee; August 14, 1899. C. C Adams.
1 9 , Clinch River P. O , Tennessee ; Aug. 14, 1899. C. C. Adams.
1 S , 1 9 , Allegheny River, Pittsburg, Pa. ; July 4, 1899. E.
B. Williamson.
1 I , Bethlehem, N. Y. ; September 14, 1870 ; Lintner collection.
M C. Z.
1 I , Albany, N. Y. M. C Z.
This species is also recorded for Massachusetts.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (27) MAY, 1901.
210 E. B. WILLIAMSON.
4. Ci(Oin|>liii!« iiotatiiji) Ramhur. Ins. Nevr., p. 162, 1842.
Ab. % 40-42; 9 41-43. H. w. % 32-33; 9 33-34.
Aiiteciib. f. w. 12-16 ; h. w. 10-12.
Postcub. f. w. 8-11 ; h. w. 7-10.
Face pale greenish brown (tenerals) to obscure brown ; labruni greenish bor-
dered with black and with a wide median stripe of the same color; anteclypeus
dark, with the depressions of the postclypeus also dark (%), or anteclypeus
paler, only the slightly darker markings present ( 9 ) ; front in frons dark
reddish brown ( ^ \ or the same color as the postclypeus ( 9 ) ! above green-
ish, basal half reddish brown which is produced in the middle in front, usually
interrupting the greenish area; eyes in life green above, gray below. Meso-
thoracic half-collar usually but not always narrowly interrupted at the middle;
mid-dorsal carina black, or with the extreme edge yellowish ; dorsal stripes
isolated; antehumeral stripe slightly constricted above; humeral and two lateral
sutures each with a complete dark stripe, the humeral the widest. Abdomen
with a much reduced maculose longitudinal mid-dorsal stripe. Legs black,
first femora paler beneath ; in tenerals the femora are pale, darker apically and
on the upper surface.
*£ . — Accessory genitalia blackish; second hamule slender, simple, not turned
forwards; coloration of last segments and dilation of 7-9 as in spiniceps.
9 . — In the form of the crest of the occiput and the variation in the develop-
ment of the spine between each lateral ocellus and eye, the same that has been
said for spinicep» holds here; two forms of occipital crests are figured. Abdomi-
nal segments 8 and 9 scarcely dilated, colored about as in spiniceps: vulvar
lamina about one-twentieth as long as sternum of 9, or less.
In one male (Rock Island, Illinois ; Walsh. M. C. Z.), doubtless
studied by Hagen (Quatr. Add. Syn. Gomph., p. 61, or 466), the
median longitudinal stripe of the labrum is represented l\y only a
median spot. In this teneral specimen the whole face is pale, only
frons above in front slightly darker, and lateral depressions of the
postclypeus and margins of labrum, black. This description of
labrum applies also to a female type of Walsh's Jiuvialis in the
U. S. Nat. Mus, It is probably to be largely explained by the fad-
ing of these teneral specimeus. The material from Irontou, Ohio,
all teneral, does not so vary, however.
Material Examined.
3 % ,2 9 , Ironton, Ohio; June 1, 1899. R. C. Osburn.
3 S, 3 9, Ironton, Ohio; June 1, 1899; J. S. Hine, collector.
Ohio State University.
1 S , 1 9, Ironton, Ohio; June 1, 1899; R. C. Osburn, collec-
tor. E. B. Williamson.
2 % ,1 9, Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee; September
30, 1900. E. B. Williamson.
AMERICAN ODONATA. 211
1 9, Niles, Michigan; June 21, 1894- ; Healy, collector. James
Tough.
1 S , Illinois. C. C. Adams.
1 ^ , 2 9 , Rock Island, Illinois ; Walsh. M. C. Z.
1 % , 1 9 , Rock Island, Illinois, " types " of fluvialis ; last seven
abdominal segments of 9 gone. U. S. Nat. Mus.
This species is also reported from Quebec, Canada.
5. Gompliiis plagiatus Selys. Syn. Gomph., p. 38 (or 57). 1854.
Ab. %. 44-46; 9 43-44. H. w. % 34-36; 9 36-37.
Antecub. f. w. 13-14; h. w. 10-11.
Postcub. f. w. 9-11 ; h. w. 9-11.
Face in adults brown, greenish below, no very distinct markings; labrum
largely green; frons above bluish green, brown at base; in young specimens
the face is yellow; eyes in life grass-green above, below yellowish green.
Mesothoracic half-collar scarcely or not interrupted ; edge of mid-dorsal thoracic
carina yellow; dorsal stripes normally isolated (in a male, Sandusky, Ohio,
July 9, 18S9, R. C. Osburn, collector, in my collection), the dorsal pale stripes
widen below, and are continuous with the mesothoracic half-collar, and nar-
rowly continuous above with the antehumeral pale areas; second lateral stripe
interrupted near its upper end. In other respects, this unusual specimen
is normal in coloration. In a few other specimens the dorsal stripes approach
very nearly or are continuous, perhaps on only one side, with the half-collar. It
may be noticed that in the case of amnicola, where the dorsal stripes are not
entirely isolated above, they are continuous with the mid-dorsal area; the San-
dusky specimen of ^/rtf/iatws, on the other hand, has the dorsal stripes continuous
with the antehumeral s^tripes); antehumeral pale stripes as wide as dorsal stripes,
sometimes narrowed a little above; lateral stripes complete (note exception above
in case of the Sandusky specimen), only in tenerals is the first one ever appar-
ently incomplete. Abdomen brown or yellowish, a maculose longitudinal mid-
dorsal stripe. Femora brown, darker apically ; tibite and tarsi black : femora pale
in tenerals.
-jj . — Accessory genitalia brownish, usually pale; second hamule similar to
notatus in shape and direction, but not so slender; 7-9 slightly dilated, about as
in the two preceding species ; 8-10 largely reddish yellow in color, the extreme
edges of 8 and 9 black ; appendages reddish brown, yellow in tenerals.
J .—Abdominal colors usually indistinct; 8-10 reddish yellow, not so red as in
the male, 9 usually the brightest; 8 and 9 very little dilated; vulvar lamina
about one-eighth to one-ninth as long as the sternum of 9.
Material Examined.
1 I , Manainu.skin, N. J.; September 3, 1900; Daecke, collector.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phi la.
1 S , 1 9 , vicinity of Philadelphia, Pa. ; Philip Nell, collector.
Dr. P. P. Calvert.
1 9 , Fairmount Park, Pa. Dr. P. P. Calvert.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. MAY, 1901.
212 E. B. WILLIAMSON.
1 I , Morton, Pa. ; July 17, 1886. Dr. P. P. Calvert.
2 9 , Sandusky, Ohio ; May 25, 1896. E. B. Williamson.
7 S , 6 9 , Sandusky, O. ; June 17, July 12, 1899. R. C. Osburn.
2 S , 4 9, Sandusky, O. ; June 19, July 24, 1899; J. S. Hine,
collector. Ohio State University.
3 $,2 9, Sandusky, O. ; July 9-10, 1896; R. C Osburn, col
lector. E. B. Williamson.
1 % , Sandusky, O. ; ,Tune 28, 1900 ; J. S. Hine, collector. Ohio
State University.
1 1,1 9, Winchester, 111.; July 12, 1894; F. M. McElf'resh,
collector. C. C. Adams.
1 Z , Bloomington, III. ; June 29, 1895 ; M. J. Elrod, collector.
C. C. Adams.
2 S , 1 9 , Havana, 111. ; July 10-17, 1897. C. C. Adams.
1 I , Straw Plains, Tenn. ; September 30, 1900. C. C. Adams.
2 % , Cumberland River, Nashville, Tenn. ; September 19 and
30, 1900. E. B. Williamson.
1 % , Maryland ; 1860 ; Uhler, collector. M. C. Z.
1 % ,1 9 , Maryland ; Hagen. M. C. Z.
1 S, Marshall Hall, Maryland; June 11, 1899; Wood, collec-
tor. U. S. Nat. Mus.
1 I , Bladensburg, Md. ; September 10, 1897 ; H. Barber, collec-
tor. U. S. Nat. Mus.
1 % , Richmond, Va. ; O. A. Stecker, collector. M. C Z.
1 S , Washington, D. C. ; September 27, 1896. U. S. Nat. Mus.
1 % , Florida. C. C. Adams.
1 I , Florida; Banks. U. S. Nat. Mus.
1 ^ , 1 9 , Texas. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
This species is also known from South Carolina.
SYNONYMIC NOTES.
Stylurus segregcms Needham, Canadian Entomologist, Vol. xxix,
No. 8, p. 185, 1897. A synonym of spiniceps.
Gomphm jiavlalU Walsh, Proc. Acad. Phila., p. 394, 1862. As
determined by Hagen and Selys (Quatr. Add. Syn. Gomph., pp. 60
and 61, or 465 and 466), this is a synonym of notat us. As detected
by Hagen {l. c), Walsh in describing his fliivialis had one female
of p lag iatus. It was from this fenuUe apparently that Walsh de-
scribed the vulvar lamina of the species.
AMERICAN ODONATA. 213
Gomphiis elongatus Selys. Syn. Goniph., p. 39 (or 58), 1854. In
Quatr. Add. Syn. Gomph., p. 60 (or 465), 1878, this species is an-
nounced as a synonym of plagiatus, and the previously expressed
opinions of Selys and Hagen that it was spiniceps or notatus are cor-
rected. Kirby (Syn. Cat.) places it again under notatus. It seems
t(j he plagiatus for several reasons: color of face; form of occiput;
the humeral stripe is not mentioned as being constricted above, as it
plainly is in notatus and spiniceps, being normally interrupted in the
latter; and the color of abdomen, as described in the Mon. Gomph.,
p. 161 (or 421), "the color of the abdomen is almost entirely ob-
scure reddish," clearly indicates plagiatus, never being true, so far
as I know for iiotatus or spiniceps.
GompJms plagiatus Selys. In Selys' descriptions of this species
in the Mon. Gomph., p. 159 (or 419), and the Syn. Gomph., p. 38
(or 57), the size is unusually small (ab. 40 ; h. w. 30), and the num-
ber of postcubitals (!S) in front wings is smaller than in any speci-
men I have examined.
Gomphus olivaceous Selys. Trois. Add. Syn. Gomph., p. 21 (or
749), 1873. Hagen, Kept. U. S. Geol. Sur. Tei-r., p. 597, 1873. I
have" been unable to examine specimens of this species, which proba-
bly belongs in this subgenus. It is close to plagiatus, but is smaller,
and Hagen considered them two .species.
The Postanal Cells in the Genus Gomphus.
Professor Needham has kindly called my attention to the fact that
the cells between the branches of the anal vein might ofter a taxo-
nomic character, and, with this idea in mind, in connection with the
study of the subgenus Stylurus, I have studied specimens of twenty-
six North American species and three European species of the genus
Gomphus. I have examined the specimens above mentioned of
Stylurus, the U. S. Nat. INIus. collection embracing 197 specimens in
addition to the specimens of Stylurus above listed, twenty-one speci-
mens of G fraternus, crassus and externus kindly loaned me by Mr.
Adams, and most of the specimens in my own collection — altogether
I have tabulated under Figs. 1-6, plate viii, 822 wings. A few
wings examined, because of their abnormal character, were not
tabulated. With one or two exceptions, these abnormal wings
belonged to G. brevis. Fig. 3«, pi. viii, is such a wing; it is the
only case observed where the po.stanal cells continue to the margin
of the wing as a single row.
TRANS. A.M. ENT. SOC, XXVII. MAY, 1901.
214 E. B. WILLIAMSON.
Very rarely the first postanal cell is divided by a vein either at
right angles to the length of the wing (see dotted line, fig. le, plate
viii) or parallel to it, and extending from the first branch of the
anal vein to the anal vein or to the vein separating the first and
second postanal cells (see dotted lines, figs, la and lb, plate viii).
This crossing of the first postanal cell would seem to be as rare as
the crossing of the triangle in this genus, and rarer than the mis-
placement of the second thickened antecubital from the fifth to the
fourth or sixth.
Following is a list of the species examined with the number of
wings of each species similar to figs. 1-6, plate viii.
EUROPEAN SPECIES.
1. G. pulchellus, fig. la, 2; fig. Ic, 4 : fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided), 1 ; fig. 3, 1. Total 8.
2. G. vulgntissimus, fig. 2, 4. Total 4.
3. G. simillimus, fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided), 1 ; fig. 3. 3. Total 4.
NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES.
4. G. pallidus, fig. 1, 2. Total 2.
5. G. exilis, fig. la, 60; fig. 16, 33; fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided), 7. Total 100.
6. G. sordidus, fig. la, 9: fig. 16, 9; fig. 3 (with .sp. a. divided), 4. Total 22.'
7. G. deiicriptus,ng.la,,8; fig. lb, 2; fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided), 4 ; fig. 3, 1. Total 1.5.
8. G. spicaius, fig. la. 19 ; fig. 16, 13. Total 32.
9. G. miwttus, fig. la, 4; fig. 16, 3; fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided). 1. Total 8.
10. G. qiiadricolor, fig. la, 5; fig. 16, 1; fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided), 1. Total 7.
11. G. viridifrons, fig. 16, 5; fig. 3 (with s. pa. divided), 2; fig. 3, 1. Total 8.
12. G. ahhremaUm, fig. la, 9 ; fig. 16, 16 ; fig. Id, 1. Total 26.
13. G. brevis, fig. 1«, 91 ; fig. 16, 49 ; fig. Id, 5 ; fig. 3 (with .s. pa. divided), 7 ; fig.
3, 20 ; fig. 3a, 1. Total 173.
14. G. qradinellus, fig. la, 19; fig. 16, 11; fig. 3, 1. Total 30.
15. G. militaris, fig. 16, 2. Total 2.
16. G.fnrcifer, fig. la, 3; fig. 16, 1. Total 4.
17. G. villosipes, fig. 4, 18 ; fig. 5, 6. Total 24.
18. G. externiJ, fig. 4, 4 ; fig. 5, 7. Total 11.
19. G. crassus, fig. 4, 11 ; fig. 5, 12. Total 23.
20. G.fraternus, fig. 4, 13; fig. 5, 42. Total 53.
21. G. vastus, fig. 4, 1 ; fig. 5. 31. Total 32.
22. G. dilntatus, fig. 5, 2. Total 2.
23. G. amninola, fig. 5, 12. Total 12.
24. G. scudderi, fig. 4, 4 ; fig. 5, 14. Total 18.
2.5. G. spiniceps, fig. 4, 6; fig. 5, 11. Total 17.
26. G. notatus, fig. 4. 4; fig. 5, 36. Total 40.
27. G.p/a^iafiM, fig. 4, 12: fig. 5, 72. Total 84.
28. G. parrulus, fig. 6, 2. Total 2.
29. G. alhistylus, fig. 6, 56. Total 56. In five cases the second postanal cell was
divided.
AMERICAN ODONATA. 215
These characters furnish the basis for the following key :
1. Second branch of anal vein not distinctly angulate wliere the vein between
the first and second postanal cells meets it, if this vein meets it at all
(Figs. l-3a, pi viii, species 1-16 inclusive; not variable).
1'. Second branch of anal vein not forming any of the boundary of the first
postanal cell (Figs. 1-2, species 1 and 2, and 4 16 inclusive; variable).
1''. Only first postanal cell not divided tFigs. 1-lc, species 1 and 4-16 in-
clusive; variable).
2". First and second postanal cells not divided (Figs. Id, 2, not normal
in any species studied ; see species 12 and 13).
3". First, second and third postanal cells not divided (Fig. 2, species 2 ;
not variable).
2'. Second branch of anal vein forming part of the boundary of the first
postanal cell (Figs. 3, 3(«, species 3).
1". Only first postanal cell not divided (not normal in any species studied ;
see species 5-7, 9-11 and 13).
2". First and second postanal cells not divided (Fig. 3, species 3; variable).
2. Second branch of anal vein distinctly angulate where the vein between the
first and second postanal cells invariably meets it (Figs. 4-6, species
17-29 inclusive ; not variable^
1'. Portion (s. e.) of anal vein bounding first postanal cell longer than the
portion (i. e) of the second branch of the anal vein bounding the
same cell (Figs. 4-5a, species 17-27 inclusive ; not variable).
1". Second postanal cell divided (Figs. 4-4a, species 17; variable).
2". Second postanal cell open (Figs. 5-5(1, 18-27 inclusive; variable).
2'. Portion of anal vein bounding first postanal cell shorter than the portion
of the second branch of the anal vein bounding the same cell (Fi|;.
6, species 28 and 29 ; not variable).
On the basis of the ratio of the number of wings like figs. 1 and
la, plate viii, to the number like figs lb and Ic, species 1, and 4-16
are arranged as follows : pallidus, 2-0 ; quadricolor, 5-1 ; descriptus,
8-2 ; furcifer, 3-1 ; exilis, 60-33 ; brevk, 91-49 ; graslinellus, 19-
11 ; spicatus, 19-13 ; minutus, 4-3 ; sordidus, 9-9 ; abbreviatiis, 9-
16; pulchellus, 2-4; militaris, 0-2; viridijroyis, 0-5.
On the basis of the ratio of the number of wings like fig. 1 (and
Irt, lb, Ic and Id), plate viii, to the number like fig. 3 (with s. pa.
divided or not divided), species 1, and 4-16 are arranged as follows :
spicatus 32-0 ; abbreviains, 26-0 ; furcifer, 4-0 ; viilitaris, 2-0 ; jjal
lidiis, 2-0 ; graslinellus, 30-1 ; exilis, 93-7 ; minutus, 7-1 ; quadri-
color, 6-1; brevis, 145-28; sordidus, 18-4; pulchellus, 6-2; de-
scriptus, 10-5 ; viridifrons, 5-3.
On the basis of the ratio of the number of wings like fig. 3, plate
viii (with s. pa. divided), to the number like fig. 3 (with s. pa. not
divided), species are arranged as follows : exilis, 7-0 ; sordidus, 4-0 ;
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216 E. B. WILLIAMSON.
minutus, 1-0 ; quadricolor, 1-0 ; descriptus, 4-1 ; vindijrons, 2-1 ;
pulchellm, 1-1 ; brevis, 7-21 ; grasiinellus, 0-1.
On the basis of the ratio of the number of wings like fig. 4 (or
4a), plate viii, to the number like fig. 5 (or 5a), species 17-27; in-
clusive are arranged as follows: villosipes, 18-6; crassus, 11-12;
externus, 4-7; spiniceps, 6-11; fraternus, 13-42; scudderi, 4-14;
plagiatus, 12-72 ; notatus, 4-36 ; vastus, 1-31 ; dilatatus, 0-2 ; am-
nicola, 0-12.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII.
Figs. 1-6. — Postanal cells of left hind wings of : 1, G. furcifer ;
la, G. pulchelhis ; lb, G spicatus ; Ic, G. pulchellus ; Id, G. brevis;
2, G. vulgatissinius ; 3, G. simillimus ; 3a, G. brevis ; 4, G. villosi-
pes; 4a, G. crassus; 5, G. fraternus; 5a, G. plagiatus; 6. G. albi-
stylus ; f. /, first branch of anal vein ; s. - - - 6', second branch
of anal vein ; s', point where vein separating the first and second
postanal cells meets the second branch of the anal vein ; /. pa. first
postanal cell ; s. pa. second postanal cell ; -s\ e. portion of anal vein
bounding first postanal cell ; i. e. portion of second branch of anal
vein bounding first postanal cell.
Figs. 7 and 8. — Gomphus amnicola Walsh. Rock Island, Illi-
nois, Type 1010, U. S. Nat. Mus. Right second hamule, profile
(7) and posteriolatero-interaal (8) views.
Fig. 9. — Dorsal view of the male abdominal appendages of Gom
phus notatus Rambur. Ironton, Ohio, June 1, 1899. R. C. Osburn.
Fig. 10. — Same of Gomphus plagiatus Selys. Sandusky, Ohio,
July 6, 1899 ; R. C. Osburn, collector. E. B. AVilliamson.
Fig, 11. — Same of Gomphus amnicola Walsh. Bethlehem, N.
Y., July 6, 1870; Lintner collection. M. C. Z.
Fig. 12. —Same of Gomphus scudderi Selys. Russell Stream,
Northeast Carry, Maine, August 29, 1899 ; F. L. Harvey, collector.
E. B. Williamson.
Fig. 13. — Same of Gomphus spiniceps Walsh. Ohio; J. S. Hine,
collector. U. S. Nat. Mus.
Fig. 14. — Occipital crest of female of Goinjjhns notatus Rambur.
One of the types of G. fluvialis Walsh. Rock Island, Illinois,
Type 1009, U. S. Nat. Mus.
Fig. 15. — Same of Gomphus plagiatus Selys. Sandusky, Oliio,
July 10, 1899. R. C. Osburn.
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PI. VIII.
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PI. IX.
AMERICAN ODONATA. 217
Fig. 16. — Same of Gomphus amnicola Walsh. Rock Island,
Illinois, Type 1010, U. S. Nat. Mus.
Fig. 17. — Same of Gomphus notatiis Rambur. Cumberland River,
Nashville, Tenn., September 30, 1900. E. B. Williamson.
Fig. 18. — Same of Gomphus spiniceps Walsh. Akron, Ohio,
September 26, 1897 ; J. S. Hiue, collector. Ohio State University.
Fig. 19. — Same of Gomphus scudderi Selys. Northeast Carry,
Maine, August 29, 1899 ; F. L. Harvey, collector. Ohio State
University.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX.
Fig. 20. — Gomphus plagiatns Selys. Accessory genitalia of sec-
ond abdominal segment of male in detail. Right side, seen in pro-
file. The penus is partly withdrawn from its sheath.
Fig. 21. — Profile view of the male abdominal appeuda,ges of
Gomphus amnicola Walsh. Galina, Illinois; Beau, collector. M.
C. Z.
Fig. 22. — Same of Gompkus spiniceps Walsh. Same as Fig. 12.
Fig. 28. — Same of Gomphus spiniceps Walsh. Quiver Creek,
Havaua, Illinois, June 23, 1896 (type of Stylurus segregans Need-
ham) ; Needham and Hart, collectors. Professor Needham.
Fig. 24. — Same of Gomphus plagiatus Selys. Same as Fig. 14.
Fig. 25.-^Same of Gomp)hus notatus Rambur. Same as Fig. 13.
Fig. 26. — Same of Gomphus scudderi Selys. Same as Fig. 11.
Fig. 27. — Same of Gomphus notatus Rambur. One of the types
of G. fluvialis Walsh ; Rock Island, Illinois. Type 1009, U. S.
Nat. Mus.
Fig. 28. — Vulvar lamina of Gomphus notatus Rambur. Same as
Fig. 25.
Fig. 29. — Same of Gomphus spiniceps Walsh. Same as Fig. 24.
Fig. 30. — Same of Gomphus plagiatus Selys. Same as Fig. 27.
Fig. 31. — Same of Gomphus amnicola Walsh. Rock Island, Illi-
nois. M. C. Z.
Fig. 32. — Same of Gomphus scudderi Selys. Same as Fig. 23.
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218 JAMES A. G. REHN.
RB9IARKS OX K09IE I?IRXICAi\ ORTHOPTERA, WITH
DENC RII*TIO.\S OF MEW SPECIES.
BY JAMES A. G. KEHN.
The specimens — the study of which forms the present paper —
were collected by Mr. Otis W. Barrett, formerly of Tacubaya,
Mexico. A former collection made by him was published on previ-
ously (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxvii, pp. 85-99). The types of the
species described as new are in the possession of the writer. The
use of the family name Tettigonidae in place of the time honored
Locustidse is in accordance with the proper relations of the Lin-
naean genus Locusta, for a discussion of which see a recent paper
by the writer (Canad. Ent., xxxiii, pp. 118-121).
Localities represented are as follows : Orizaba, Jalapa, Teoeelo,
Presidio and Xico in Vera Cruz; Tacubaya, Tizapan and Eslava in
Distrito Federal (D. F.) ; Cuernavaca, Nepautla and Yan tepee in
Morelos. A note on the genus NeoharreUia will be found at the
end of the paper.
Family FORFICULID^.
Sparatfia deiitirera n. sp.
Type : one male; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, June 6, 1899.
This specimen resembles S. columbiana DeBormans (Ann. Soc
Ent Belg., xxvii, p. 66, pi. 2, fig. 7) in color, but differs in the form
of the anal segment and forceps. The description of *S'. bormami
Kirby (Journ. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., xxv, p. 528) is so poor
and insufficient that comparison with it is almost impossible. The
antennse of bormansi are described as having the two basal joints
blackish, the others brown, while in the specimen before me the
three basal segments (all that are present) are blackish brown.
The form of the forceps is so distinctive that had bormansi pos-
sessed the same, it seems hardly likely that Kirby would not have
mentioned them.
Size small. Head coarsely punctate, posteriorly with a triangular eniargina-
tion. Pronotum slightly longer than broad, central portion somewhat produced
anteriorly, posterior margin broadly rounded, the whole somewhat depressed
centrally and punctate posteriorly, medium carina undeveloped and indistinct
iiuteriorly. Elytra and wings scabrous, the anterior and posterior angles rounded.
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. 219
the latter broadly. Anal segment with four parallel rows of punctures, the poste-
rior margin truncate, except for the pygidium which is transverse, with the margin
truncate. Forceps moderately long, parallel, the apex strongly incurved, the
base of the internal margin bearing on the inferior surface a lamellate extension
which terminates in a heavy tooth, the superior-internal margin bears centrally
a tooth much smaller than the one before mentioned, the inferior margin from
this point bearing a narrow lamellate edge.
General color black, the anal segment and forceps reddish brown, the latter
much the darker. Basal joints of the antennae blackish brown. Limbs and
lower surface dull reddish brown.
Measurements :
Length of body 6.75 mm.
Length of forceps ..... 2.50 "
Length of pronotum 1.25 "
Length of elytra and wings . . . 3.00 "
Ancistrogaster luctnosns Stal.
1855, Ancistrogaster liietuosus Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., xii, p. 349.
Four specimens, females ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii, and Teocelo,
Vera Cruz, viii.
This species has never before been recorded north of Las Mer-
cedes, Guatemak^.
Aacistrogaster toltecus (Scudder)
1876, Forficula tolteca Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, p. 361.
One specimen % ; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, June 6, 1899.
Aucistrogaster sp. ?
One specimen, 9 ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
This specimen is unfortunately headless, and apparently cannot
be placed under any of the known species of the genus. The
absence of the head and antennee, which are very important, makes
it difficult to arrive at any satisfactory conclusions.
Apterygida ffeiiiata (Dohrn).
1862, Forficula tseniata Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiii, p. 230.
Nineteen specimens, 8 males, 11 females; Orizaba, Vera Cruz,
June 6, 1899 (2), Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii (12), Teocelo, Vera Cruz,
viii (3), Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi (2).
Family BLATTID^.
Thyrsocera cincta Burmeister.
1838, Thyrsocera cincta Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent., Bd. ii, Abth. ii, pt. i p. 499.
Three specimens, males ; Orizal)a, Vera Cruz, June, 6, 1899.
TKAN8. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. MAY, 1901.
220 JAMES A. G. REHN.
Thyrso«era discoidalis (Burmeister).
1838, Blaita discoidalis Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent., Bd. ii, Abtb. ii, pt. i,
p. 498.
One specimen, female; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, June 6, 1899.
This name is usually quoted as ducicollis, but an examination of
Burmeister's work will show that the original is discoidalis.
Periplaiieta americana colorata n. subsp.
Periplanefa americana var. Saussure, Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthoptera, p. 72;
Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent. Amer., Orthoptera, p. 74.
Type : male ; Cuernavaea, Morelos, vi.
This deeply colored form of P. americana was knowu to a number
of writers, who never applied a distinctive name to it. It difters
from the typical americana in the much deeper and richer colors, in
this very much resembling P. anstralasice as Saussure and Zehntner
have pointed out (Biol., Cent. Amer., Orth., p. 74). Any confusion
with P. australasice is prevented by the form of the supra anal plate.
General color deep burnt sienna (Ridgway's Nomenclature of Colors), the
elytra becoming orange-ochraceous toward the tips, the whole with a purplish
iridescence. Pronotum burnt umber, posteriorly with a collar of ochre, the pos-
terior margin black. Lower surface much paler. Auteunse dark brown.
Measurements :
Length of body ...... 26.6 mm.
Length of pronotum 8.0 "
Length of elytra 23.25 •'
Breadth of elytra 8.0 "
A specimen in my collection, from Philadelphia, approaches this
form, but has the straw-yellow on the pronotum unclouded and
distinct.
Homfleoganiia mexicana Burmeister.
1838, Ilomoeogamia mexicana Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent., Bd. ii, Abth. ii,
pt. i, p. 490.
One specimen, % , Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii.
Family MANTIDiE.
StagmomaiitiN limbata (Hahn).
1835, Mantis limbata Hahn, I(!ones ad Mon. Cimic, i. t. A, fig. 2.
Four specimens, two males, two females; Cuernavaea, Morelos, vi.
Theoclyles chloropliiea (Blanchard).
1835, Mantis chlorophiea Blanchard, Mag. Zool., pi. 135.
One specimen, S ; Teocelo, Vera Cruz, viii.
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. 221
Vales annectens Eehn.
1900, Vates annectens Eehn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxvii, p. 85.
One specimen, S ; Tacubaya, D. F,, November 11, 1898.
Vates sp.
One specimen, 9 (immature) ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, v.
This very interesting specimen is unfortunately immature ; the
arrangement and form of the foliaceous lobes are apparently much
different from tho.se of any known species of the genus. While
somewhat resembling V. pectinata, it is clearly not the same, none
of the lobes being angular to the extent they are in that species.
The supra-coxal lobes are distinctly concave on their anterior mar-
gin. The information with the specimen is to the effect that it was
eating a Morpho when captured.
Family GRYLLID^.
Gryllus assimilis Fabricius.
1775, Gryllus assimilis Fabricins, Syst. Ent., p. 280.
Two specimens, <? and 9 ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii.
Gryllus barretti n. sp.
Types: one male, three females; Cuernavaca, Morelos, v and vi.
This interesting species closely resembles G. assimilis, but is
smaller and the oblique veins in the male number three. The ovi-
positor is proporti(jnately longer than in assimilis. The color of
the lateral field and the angle causes it to resemble capitatus from
South America, but that species possesses 5 6 oblique veins. I take
pleasure in dedicating this species to my friend, Mr. Otis W. Barrett
who collected the types.
%. — Size medium. Head glabrous, except the posterior half of genae; eye
rather ovate, with no marked angles: antennae reaching the tip of the caudate
wings. Pronotum rather hirsute, this character most marked on the posterior
margin, which is very broadly rounded, the anterior slightly concave; lateral
lobes of greater depth anteriorly than posteriorly, the anterior angle narrowly
rounded. The dorsal field of tegmina with three oblique veins. Wings caudate,
extending beyond the tegmina to the length of the hind tibiaj. Limbs clothed
with two sorts of hairs, one long and hirsute, the other short and pubescent; au-
ditory organ of anterior tibiae elliptical; posterior tibiae with six spines in each
border, the apical spines fairly long.
General color brownish black, the black pure on the head and pronotum. Teg-
mina with the branches of the mediastine vein yellowish. Limbs wood brown,
covered with a faint silvery pubescence.
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^^^ JAMES A. G. REHN.
9 . — Similar to the male, except for the following particulars: — Head pilose as
far forward as the ceutre of the eyes. Pronotum entirely hirsute. Ovipositor
longer than head and body together. Lateral field of the tegmina below the
mediastine vein pale brownish yellow hyaline, the discoidal region striped with
the same color.
Measurements :
%
?
Length of body
21.5 mm.
17. mm
Length of pronotum
5.
4.75 "
Breadth of i)ronotum .
7. "
6. "
Length of tegmina
14.
12.5 "
Length of hind femora .
12.5 "
12. "
Length of ovipositor
"
15. "
<Ecantlius iiiveiis (De Geer).
1773, Gryllas niveiis De Geer, Mem. Ins., iii, p. 522, 6, t. 43, fig. 6.
Four specimens, females ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Family TETTIGONID^.
flitenopelmatiis talpa Burmeister.
1838, Stenopelmatiis talpa Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent., Bd. ii, Abth. ii, pt i,
p. 721.
One specimen, 9 ; Tacubaya, D. F., vi.
Seudderia inexicana (Saussure).
1861, Phaneroptera mexicana Saussure, Eev. et Mag. d. Zool. (2), xiii, p. 129.
Four specimens, one male, three females ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Sciidderia ungulata Scudder.
18!)8, Scudderift liwjulata Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., xxxiii,
p. 280.
One specimen, 9 ; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, June 6, 1899.
This specimen is rather doubtfully assigned to this species, as it
does not fully agree with Scudder's description, but the uncertainty
which attends the determination of females of this genus causes me
to place it here. If a described form, it certainly is either ungulata
or paro7ice ; the female of the latter being unknown, comparison
therefore is impossible.
Symmetropleura teocelse u. sp.
Type: 9 ! Teocelo, Vera Cruz, viii.
Ap[)arently this specimen is closest allied to S. ktvicauda, the
median vein being confluent with the ulnar vein, but the form of
the tegmina resembles modesta.
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. 223
Size about the same as .'?. modestn. Vertex deeply snlcate with erect lateral
margins, strongly constricted centrally, narrowly separated from the front. Eyes
prominent, semi-giobular. Pronotum compressed, subequal, anterior margin very
feebly concave, posterior margin roundly truncate, centrally shallowly sulcate ;
lateral lobes little longer than deep, the posterior sinus deeply cut, inferior mar-
gin broadly rounded, with the anterior angle rather prominent, the anterior
margin subsinuate. Tegraina long, but little wider than the length of the pro-
notum, margins subequal ; the median vein arising from the discoidal before the
middle, and reaching the ulnar vein. Wings longer than the elytra, apex ante-
riorly rounded. Anterior and median femora slender, with obscure spines; the
tibiae bearing two rows of spines. Posterior femora slender, with few spines;
tibise closely spined, the apex with a distinct anterior curve. Anal segment tri-
angularly produced between the cerci, the latter tapering, slightly incurved, the
apex thickened; subgenital plate moderately produced, bicarinate, and appar-
ently apically truncate {the specimen being distorted).
General color pale green, strongest in the vicinity of the ulnar vein ; lower
portion of the lateral lobes of the pronotum very pale, almost whitish ; the dor-
sal field of the tegmina with a spot of blackish brown, the space between the
anal and ulnar veins being the same color.
Measurements :
Length of body 14. mm.
Length of pronotum . " . . . . 4. "
Length of tegmina 27. '"
Breadth of tegmina 5.25
Length of posterior femora . . . . J6.5 "
Phylloptera annulata n. sp.
Type : ^ ; Presidio, Vera Cruz, vi.
Evidently allied to P. maculosa Burnieister from Baliia, but
differing in the number of spots on the tegmina, and the absence
of heavy purplish coloring on the pronotum. The only other spe-
cies with which it might possibly be confounded is P. finoti Griffini
from Panama, which has, besides other differentiations, black denti-
cules on the cerci.
Size medium. Head with the vertex broadly sulcate, the lateral margins
moderately elevated, contingent with the front, the latter not sulcate, but with a
double row of punctures; eyes elliptical much shorter than the infra-ocular
gense; antennae surpassing the tegmina. Pronotum with the disk flat, consider-
ably expanding posteriorly, the anterior margin concave, the posterior broadly
rounded, with a slight central emargination ; lateral lobes inserted at right
angles to the disk, deeper than wide, the lower margin subsinuate anteriorly, the
posterior sinus moderately deep. Tegmina elongate-ovate, tip rather narrowly
rounded. Wings extending beyond the tegmina. Anterior femora above smooth,
below with four spines; tibite sulcate superiorly and inferiorly, two spines on the
posterior-superior margin, the inferior margins each bearing eight spines. Me-
dian femora inferiorly with four rather obsolete spines. Posterior femora infe-
riorly with five spines on the external margin, internal with seven ; tibia;
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224 JAMES A. G. REIIN.
strongly quadrate, superiorly with fourteen spines, inferiorly with twenty-six.
Supra-anal plate hroad, apex hroadly rounded, shallowly sulcata. Cerci with the
tips sharply bent inward. Subgenital plate bicarinate, centrally tumid, style
sheath extended.
General color approacliing gallstone yellow (Ridgway's Nomenclature of
Colors), completely sprinkled with blotches and dots of dark maroon-purple, these
being grouped into an irregular stripe on the ulnar vein, and forming rings en-
circling scattered spots of yellowish w^hite on the tegmina, the margin of the
lateral lobes of the pronotum being corded with the same. The femora are
darker than the general tint, the spines black; the tibiae are decidedly blackish,
the anterior pair with two dusky spots, the auditory organ being milky white.
Antennse with pale yellow annulations.
Measurements:
Length of body 20.25 mm.
Length of pronotum .... 5.5 "
Length of tegmina ..... 36. "
Width of tegmina 19. "
Length of hind femora .... 23.5 "
Length of hind tibiae .... 25.5 "
Petaloptera zeiidala Saussure.
1859, Petaloptera zendala Saussure, Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. (2), xi, p. 205.
One specimen, $ ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
I'etaloptera filia Brunner.
1878, Petaloptera filia Brunner, Monogr. d. Phaneropteridea, p. 346.
One specimen, 9 ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Syntechiia caiidelli n. sp.
Type : 9 ; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi.
The specimen on which this species is based differs rather de-
cidedly from both of the previously known species — olivaceo viridis
and tarasca. It departs from olivaceo-viridis in the non-sulcate an-
terior tibiae and the different shaped tegmina. From tarasca it
differs iu the broadly rotundate lower margin of the lateral lobes
of the pronotum, the non-sulcate anterior tibiae and the rather con-
cave disk of the pronotum. Specimens of tarasca have been re-
corded from the same locality (^Biol. Cent. Amer., Orth., p. 366).
This species is dedicated to my friend, Mr. A. N. Caudell of Wash-
ington, D. C, a student of the Orthoptera.
Size medium. Head with occiput punctate, the punctures resolving into lines
diverging from the centre; vertex narrowly sulcata, contingent witli the front;
antennae moderately long, almost reaching the tip of the hind femora; eyes glo-
bose, half as deep as the infra-ocular genae. Pronotum with the disk rather
concave, the anterior margin shallowly emarginate, the posterior broadly
rounded ; lateral lobes very much deeper than broad, the posterior sinus shallow,
MEXICAN ORTHOPTERA. 225
inferior margiu rounded. Tegmina three times as long as wide, tlie bend from
the dorsal field being rather sharp, the tip narrowly rounded ; median vein fork-
ing but once, the superior division reaching the ulnar vein, the inferior the
posterior margin. Wings acuminate, extending beyond the tegmina by the
length of the prouotum. Anterior tibiae smooth, not sulcate. Posterior femora
bearing eight spines; tibiae quadrate, bearing eleven spines on the superior sur-
face and eighteen on the inferior. Ovipositor short, sharply bent; subgenital
plate acuminate, with two carinae, which converge and form one posteriorly.
Ground color Paris green (Ridgway's Nomenclature), palest inferiorly, and on
the limbs. Median and discoidal veins of tegmina partly outline in pale green-
ish ; between the discoidal and main median vein a ring of blackish brown is
situated, smaller ones similar to it being placed at the apex and below the
humeral vein. Antennae yellowish brown, greenish at the ba.se.
Measurements :
33. ram.
Length of pronotum .
7.1
Length of tegmina
47.
Width of tegmina
15.25
Length of hind femora
23.
Length of hind tibiae
24.5
Length of ovipositor
; 4.75
Stilpnochlora marginella (Serville).
1839, Phylloptera marginella Serville, Orthopteres, p. 405.
Four specimens, males; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Stilpiiochlora tolteca (Saussure).
1859, Phylloptera tolteca Saussure, Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. (2), xi, p. 203.
Three specimens, two males and one female ; Teocelo, Vera Cruz,
viii (2), and Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi (1).
Stilpnochlora azteca (Saussure).
1859, rhylloptera azteca Saussure, Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. (2), xi, p. 203.
Seven specimens, three males and four females ; Teocelo, Vera
Cruz, viii (•:{), Jalapa, Vera Cruz, vi (2), and Cuernavaca, Morelos,
vi (2).
I'yrgocorypha sallei (Saussure).
1859, Conocephalus sallei Saussure. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. (2), xi, p. 207.
Two specimens, S and 9 ; Teocelo, Vera Cruz, and Jalapa, Vera
Cruz, viii.
Fyrgocorypha iinciiiata (Harris).
1842, Conocephalus uiichiatus Harris, Inj. Ins. New Eng., p. 132.
One specimen, $ ; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi.
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226 JAMES A. G. RKHN.
I'yrgoeoryplia liaiiiata (Scudder).
1879, Conoc.ephidm hnmatiis Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xx, p. 87.
Eighteen specimens, one male, seventeen females ; Cuernavaca,
Morelos v, vi.
This series exhibits both the brown and green phase of coloration.
Coiioceplialus inacropteriis Eedtenbacher.
1801, Cmiocephnlus macropterns Eedtenbacher, Verbandl. Zool.-Botaii. Ver.,
xli, p. 402.
Nine specimens, two males and seven females; Orizaba, Vera
Cruz, vi ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, vi and viii ; Teocelo, Vera Cruz, viii,
and Cuernavaca, Morelos, v.
Conoceplialus hebes Scudder.
1879, Conocephalm hebes Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xs, p. 92
Three specimens, two males, one female ; Orizaba, Vera Cruz, vi ;
Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii, and Tacubaya, D. F., vi.
The male from Orizaba is considerably smaller than the other,
but it seems to agree in all important details.
Xipliidium ictiim Scudder.
1875, Xiphidium ictum Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, p. 461.
Three specimens, females ; Teocelo, Vera Cruz, viii ; Xico, Vera
Cruz, viii, and Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii.
Gongrocneinis incerta Brunner.
1895, Gongrocnemis incerta Brunner, Monogr. der Pseudopbyll., p. 167.
One specimen, immature S ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii.
This specimen differs slightly from Bruuner's types in possessing
eight spines on the posterior femora instead of five or six.
Family ACRIDID^.
Trii-Y^alis brevicornis (Linnajus).
1763, Gryllns brevicornis Linnaeus, Amceu. Acad., vi, p. 398.
One specimen, $ ; Xico, Vera Cruz, viii.
^yrbiila valida Kebn.
1900, Syrbula v(dida Rehn, Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc, xxvii, p. 91.
One specimen, $ ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, xi.
.HacliH!;ro<^era Mumichrasti Thomas.
1874, Machxrocera suviichrasti Thomas, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv.
Terr. (1st Ser.), No. 2, p. 70.
Two males; Xico, Vera Cruz, viii.
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Plectrotettix viatorius (Saussure).
1861, Stenobothrus viatorins Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), xii, p. 317.
Four females ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Splienariuni borrei Bolivar?
1884, Sphenarium borrei Bolivar, Auu. Soc. Esp. Nat. Hist., xiii, cuad. 3,
p. 445.
Three females ; Nepantla, Morelos, xi, and Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii.
It is quite possible that these specimens represent two species, and
that true borrei is not represented in them, but with the small
amount of material I have referred here with a query.
Sphenarium purpurasceu$« Charpentier.
1845, Sphewirium pnrpurasceu.s Charpentier, Orth. descv. et dep., pi. 31, f. 1-8.
Five specimens, four males, one female; Jalapa, Vera Cruz, viii,
Eslava, D. F., and Nepantha, Morelos, xi.
Arphia nietana (Saussure).
1861, Tomonotus niefanus Saussure, Eev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 321.
Two females ; Eslava, D. F.
Ijaetista piinctatus (Stal).
1873, (Edipoda punctatus Stal, Eecensio Orthopterorum, i, p. 130.
Two specimens, S and 9 ; Presidio, Vera Cruz, vi.
Triinerotropis fascicula McNeill.
1900, Trimerotropis fascicida McNeill, Psyche, viii, p. 31 ; Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., xxiii, p. 425. 1901.
Trimerotropis monticola Rehu (nee Saussure), Trans. Amer. Eut. Soc,
xxvii, p. 97. 1900.
Ten specimens, 4 males, 6 females ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi ;
Tacubaya, D. F., xi, 25 (1), and Tizapan, D. F., viii (1).
Though this species was described from New Mexico (and Ari-
zona ?), it seems to occur plentifully in central Mexico. ^McNeill
has made the statement that this species may not be distinct from
his braneri, and, as far as the median carina of the vertex goes as a
differential character, I have specimens which show a fairly well
marked median carina. Both varieties mentioned by McNeill occur
in the collection, the posterior angle of the pronotum being obtuse-
anguiate in some representatives before me.
Heliastus suiniclirasti (Saussure).
1861, (Edipoda smnichrasti Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 324.
Lactista inermus Rehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxvii, p. 97. 1900.
Three specimens, all males; Cuernavace, Morelos, vi.
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228 JAMES A. G. REHN.
Tseiiio|»»«la <»eiitiiris (Drury).
1773, Gryllns centurio Drury. 111. Nat. Hist., ii, p. 78, pi. xli, fig. 3.
Eighteen specimens, 11 males, 7 females (one immature), Jalapa,
Vera Cruz, viii.
These specimens vary greatly in regard to the coloration, some
having a dusky suffusion covering the pattern of the tegmina.
Schiitocerca vaga (Scudder).
1876, Acridium vagum Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, p. 269.
Five specimens, 2 males, 3 females; Tacubaya, D. F., xi, 25.
Scliistocerca pyramidata Scudder.*
1899, Schistocerca pyramidata Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci.,
xxxiv, p. 454.
Three specimens, 1 male, 2 females ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, v, vi
and 11 11-98.
Schistocerca soiiorensis Scudder.
1899, Sehistocercu sonorensis Scudder, Proc. Aiuer. Acad. Arts and Sci.,
xxxiv, p. 463.
One specimen, $ ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, v.
This specimen is placed under this species with some uncertainty,
though the alternative is rubiginosa, with which it does not agree in
several particulars.
Schistocerca americana (Drury).
1770, Gryllns americanus Drury, 111. Nat. Hist., i, p. 128, pi. 49, fig. 2.
Two females; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Aidemona azteca (Saussure).
1861, Platyphyma azteca Saussure, Eevue et Mag. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 161.
Five specimens, one male, four females ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi
(3), Nepantla, Morelos, xi (1), and Xico, Vera Cruz, viii (1).
Iflelaiiopliis corpiilentus Scudder.
1899, Melanoplus corpulentu.i Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, p. 313.
One specimen, <? ; Tacubaya, D. F., 25, xi,
NelaiiopiiiN arizouie Scudder.
1879, Melanoplus arizonae Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xx, p. 64.
One female ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
* The specimen from Rio Cocula, Guerrero, previously determined by the wri-
ter as S. pyramidata (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxvii, p. 97), proves on more recent
examination to be Rchistocerca camerata Scudder (Proc. Amer Acad. Arts and
Sci.. xxxiv, p. 451), which was originally described from Sinaloa.
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The discovery of a specimen of this little known species came as
a great surprise. The identity of the specimen as this species is
beyond doubt, the characters agreeing in every particular. The
color of the hind tibia?, which Scudder supposed was red, is glau-
cous strongest centrally.
Paratettix schochii Bolivar.
1887, Paratettix schochii Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Eng. Belg., xxxi, p. 274.
Six specimens, 2 males, 4 females; Yantepec, Morelos, 17, xi.
Telmatettix aztecus (Saussure).
1861, Tettix aztecus Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 400.
One female; Yantepec, Morelos, 17, xi.
Tettigidea chichiineca (Saussure).
1861, Tettix chichimeca Saussure, Eev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), xiii, p. 400.
One female ; Cuernavaca, Morelos, vi.
Tetligidea sp.
One male ; Eslava, D. F.
Note on the Genus Neobarrettia.
The genus Neobarrettia was recently described (Ent. News, xii, p.
6) by the writer from three specimens collected by Mr. Barrett at
Rio Cocula, Guerrero, Mexico.
Mr. Barrett has very kindly volunteered some notes on the insect
in life. He writes as follows: "The locality where the specimens
were taken is the least known corner of Mexico— hilly, with dried-
up vegetation during about one-half of the year. The species seems
to be cupuscular in habits; it was almost impossible to find a speci-
men during the daytime, and I do not believe the males stridulate
long after dark, for I slept several nights in a tent in the * Chap-
arral ' among them, and do not remember hearing them after dark.
The shrubs which they inhabit are a compact growing species, afford-
ing a place of concealment by day, while their thick tops offer un-
usually advantages for the roof garden concerts of the stridulators
at twilight. The stridulation is feeble and not continued beyond a
few seconds with a period of rest. AVhen captured they offer little
or no defence, and their saltatory powers are small and not willingly
used."
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230 JOHN B. SMITH.
IWOTES O^ IVIA.^IK^TRA OI.IVACEA 9IORR. AKD
ITK AI.LIE»$.
BY JOHN B. SMITH.
In A^olume XIV of the Proceedings of the United States Nat-
ional Museum, 1891, I published a revision of the species of 3fames-
tra, including in the group oHvacea (p. 253) three species to wit:
olivacea, rectilinea and vmt,- media. After referring to the varia-
bility of the series I added : " It would not be a matter of much
surprise if, eventually, all the species here referred proved forms of
the same type." Forms of the same type they surely are; but not,
as I now believe, in the sense I meant that phrase to be taken.
To olivacea I cited coinis Grt. as a synonym, and added a new
variety, obscurior, from Maine. The latter was differentiated as
" very evenly dark gray, with a green suffusion, the lines velvety
black, a red shade ou t. p. line inferiorly, secondaries blackish."
No example of this form is at present before me.
Concerning comis I said : the type " is a very bright, strongly
marked specimen, like typical olivacea, but so spread that the insect
appears more plump, shorter winged and differently marked." Mr.
Grote never accepted this reference, and he was right. jSIy state-
ments concerning the type were correct. It is a good specimen
which seems to have been spread when fresh, in such a way as to
make a fold or kink at the base of the primaries: this results in
apparently shortening the wing, eliminating the basal line and de-
creasing the basal space or distance to the t. a. line.
In rearranging my collection recently I found that there was an
ap[)arently constant difference in general appearance between speci-
mens from different localities, and to test whether this was really
more than an appearance, I secured a series of specimens from
Florida, Manitoba, Vancouver, Colorado, Utah and California,
through the courtesy of Dr. Barnes, Dr. Dyar of the U. S. National
Museum, Mr. Wm. Beutenmuller of the American Museum of
Natural History, Mr. Hanham and, by purchase, from Mr. Franck.
A few specimens came just then from M. Cordley, of Corvallis,
Oregon, and I had in my own and the College material examples
from California, Vancouver and other localities. Altogether, some-
thing like 125 examples were under examination. After arranging
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them in series, sexes separated but associated, I examined the male
genitalia of each series, permanently mounting twenty examples on
slides in Canada balsam. Each of these specimens was drawn
under the microscope, using a camera lucida, and as the lens was
the same throughout, and the drawing board always at the same
point, the figures were strictly comparable. Before going into de-
tails of structure or specific description, it may be well to note the
general differences apparent in the series, and the distribution of
each series.
The first series, which I consider typical olivacea, is represented
by 20 males and 6 females. Localities are Orono and other points
in Maine; Webster and White Mountains, N. H. ; Lenox, Mass.;
Sharon Springs, Schenectady, Albany and Long Island, N. Y. ;
New Brunswick, N. J. ; Miakka, Florida; Glenwood Springs, Colo-
rado— one male only. There is a possible error as to this last ex-
ample since it reached me without label, associated with others un-
doubtedly fron) that place, though not from Dr. Bai'nes. These
examples average 25 mm., or 1 inch , the more northern specimens
exceeding, the Florida examples not quite attaining that expanse.
In the males the maculation is always distinct, the median space
darkest ; s. t. space gray and variably contrasting : the basal space
is also paler, but does not contrast so strongly. The females are
darker, more evenly colored and without marked contrasts. In the
s. t. space, particularly toward the inner margin, there is a powder-
ing of yellowish or greenish scales, which, in the male, usually ex-
tends through a great portion of the wing, giving a certain mossy
or olivaceous appearance which is characteristic ; but more easily
seen than described. In the female this is less apparent. There is
no distinct reddish shade in any male, but in the females there is a
decided tendency in that direction. The space opposite the anal
angle is obviously brown ; but it is a yellow and not a red-brown.
The best marked and most obviously mossy specimens are those
from the northern localities ; as the examples decrease in size in
Florida, so also there is less of the powdery appearance.
Four pern^nent mounts made from this series show practically
no difference in genitalic structure.
The next series of specimens consists of 16 males and 6 females
from Winnipeg, Cartwright and Brandon, Manitoba; and Yellow-
stone Park, Wyoming. They range from 22 to 25 mna. in expanse,
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232 JOHN B. SMITH.
the average for the series being 24. The maciilation is practically
like that of olivacea, but somewhat less distinct. But there is no
mossy appearance, and no yellow or greenish powdering, all this
l)eing replaced by an obviously reddish shade. The terminal space
here is almost uniformly dark, whereas in olivacea it is only a little
if at all deeper than s. t. space, except in the female. These two
features give a different appearance to the series. The females are
much darker, with either very little contrast or with a rather well
marked though narrow paler s. t. space, and very sharply defined
dark terminal space.
Three permanent mounts were made from this series, specimens
varying in appearance being selected. They agree with each other,
and differ from the previous series in having the base of the harpes
narrower, the tip less scoop-shaped, broader, and the inferior angle
of tip more prominently extended or drawn out. The claspers are
practically the same. The differences are slight, as are those in ap-
pearance. A geographical race rather than a well-developed species
is suggested, and this race — it isnot a variety — may be termed lucina.
The third series consists of four males and thirteen females, re-
versing the proportions of the sexes found in the previous series.
With two exceptions these are all from Glenwood Springs, Colorado ;
the exceptions being one female from South Dakota — probably
Volga, and one female from Hot Springs, New Mexico, elevation
7000 feet.
The specimens range from 24 to 26 mm., the greater number ex-
ceeding 25 mm. in expanse. There is no trace of mossy or yellow-
ish discoloration in any specimen, and there is only a feeble reddish
flush in the s. t. space inferiorly. This disappears entirely in some
examples— male as well as female. In the male the s. t. space is
gray except on the costa, not prominently contrasting, and the basal
space is only grey powdered ; the terminal space is usually darker.
In the female the contrasts are even less marked. The basal space
is hardly lightened, except along the course of the t. a. line, while
in some examples the s. t. space is almost concolorous above the
middle. There is no reddish shade in the basal spac^in either sex,
and the color in the s. t. space is a dead, dull, leathery shade rather
than a rosy tinge.
Only one permanent mount was secured from this series, two of
the four males having lost abdomens in the transportation. I had.
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however, a number of others not enumerated here and not avaikible
for dissection. This one example shows no practical difference from
those of series two, hence does not aid in recognizing a species. It
differs sufficiently in size and general tint to be considered a race,
ranging the Central and Southern Rocky Mountains and extending
into the North Plains. The second series, lucina, ranges the North-
ern Rockies, into British Columbia and the foot hills and plains
fronting them. The name altua may be used for this form or race.
A modification of this series occurs in five males and two females
labelled " Utah," from the Henry Edwards' collection. These are
all more sharply marked, with a paler basal line and a more obvi
ously geminate t. a. line. The gray seems to have a peculiar dead
tinge, so while there is plenty of contrast it is not a live or bright
relief. I consider this a form or variation of altua, and the exact
locality is probably Salt Lake City.
Two specimens of the genitalia were mounted and accord practi-
cally with those of the series as already described.
The fourth series consists of six males and seven females from
Glenwood Springs, Hall Valley, Yeta Pass and Durango, Colorado ;
and one female from Senator, Arizona. These specimens expand
from 25 to 27 mni., most of them 26 or over, and they are therefore,
as a whole, larger than any others. The dates for these specimens
are June, July and August ; the dates for the third series covering
the same territory are July, August, September and October; there
is thus a chance that this form is seasonal and really the same as
altua. Comparing males the raaculation of this series is decidedly
more contrasting, the basal space is decidedly lighter, almost always
with a reddish shading. The s. t. space is gray, and the gray tends
to, in some case does involve, the terminal space. The reddish shad-
ing in s. t. space is diffuse, and, while it is sometimes confined to the
region opposite anal angle, is usually spread so as to tinge the en-
tire space. The reniform is distinctly kidney shaped in most exam-
ples of both sexes, and is always proportionately larger than in any
of the preceding series. I place some stress upon this point, because
in altua the reniform is uniformly oblong, upright, a little larger
superiorly, the angles rounded. There is a little kidney shape of
course, but nothing like the decided form found here. In the fe
male the tendency to obscure the s. t. space is quite as strong as in
altua, and the reddish shade is quite as much restricted.
Three permanent mounts were made from this series, and, except
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234 JOHN B. SMITH.
in the soinewliMt larger size, did uot differ from Incina ; in fact, ex-
cept for its uiiiforinly larger size, this resembles the British-American
form more closely than it does the one found with it. The example
from Senator, Arizona, is a fen}ale, with the s. t. space only a little
paler, and a mere trace of reddish opposite the anal angle. This
form covering the same range as the preceding can scarcely be con-
sidered a race; it may, as already suggested, be the first brood of
altua, better nourished than the other; but if that is the case, the
broods lap seriously, one example being dated August 24-30, while
one female altua from the same locality is dated July 16-21. This
particular form may be known as megarena.
The fifth series is composed of five male and seven female exam-
ples from Sierra Nevada, California, which came originally from
Mr. Henry Edwards. With the same type of maculation as in
megarena the contrasts are much greater, and the red shade in the
basal and s. t. space is much more pronounced. But there is no doubt
as to the standing of this form, because the male genitalia are very
markedly and obviously different from any other, resembling much
more nearly quadrilineata than olivacea. This is a good species, and
I have applied to it the name davena.
The sixth series is composed of five females from Livingston,
Vancouver (vii, 17j; Corfield, Vancouver; Corvallis, Oregon (vii,
19, 21 and viii, 3). These have a darker, richer color than any of
the preceding; the lines are more irregular, and there is a mossy
green shading in both the basal and s. t. spaces. This brings the
series nearer to typical olivacea than any other of the intermediate
forms; but here again the reniform is large and irregular, tending
to become discolored. It is unfortunate that I have no good males ;
but I have no serious doubt that we have to do with a good species
which I call ohnigra. There is a single male from Nanaimo, Van-
couver, that I haV'C associated with the females, but it is so badly
rubbed that little can be made of it, save that it is very like davena
and even more brightly marked. The genitalia of this specimen
tell nothing and are very like tyical olivacea. The example is cer-
tainly none of the other species from this region.
The seventh series is composed of one male from Seattle, Wash-
ington, and three females from Corfield, Vancouver. The male ex-
pands 28 mm., the fetnales 24 and 25 mm. This raises the question
whether the specimens are correctly associated ; but I believe they
are, and that more material from Washington will lessen the dispro
portion. The species again becomes olivaceous, and the mossy green
in the male extends throughout the wins:. In the female a reddish
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shade is met with which does not exclude the mossy green, excei:)t in
the smallest example, where it must be sought for closely. We have
almost the exact counterpart now of the New England examples in
appearance, and differentiation might be difficult were it not for the
fact that the male organs come to our assistance. The harpes are
much the same, but the clasper becomes a long, very slender, curved
hook, very unlike the short, stout, blunt process in olivacea. We
have therefore a good species which I caWpetita, and which repre
sents typical olivacea on the Pacific Coast.
The eighth and last series is represented by five males and two
females, and is what Mr. Grote named comis. All the males are
from Vancouver: Livingston, August 10, '96; Corfield, September
7, '95 ; Nanaimo, July 1, '92. One female is from Livingston, Van
couver, July, 22, '96 ; the other is from Soda Springs, California,
September 25th. The latter specimen is from the Henry Edwards'
collection, and is interesting because it bears a label, in Mr. Grote's
handwriting, " Mamestra olivacea Morr " ! I do not consider Mr.
Grote's failure to recognize the female of his eornis as distinct from
that of olivacea at all surprising or to his discredit; it simply shows
how very similar the two species really are. The male is quite as
similar to true olivacea as is the female, as my own failure to recog
nize their difiference shows. In maculation there is no difference ;
but the s. t. space is a very pale, almost whitish gray, and the green-
ish, mossy shading toward the inner margin is dull, without trace of
yellowish. The ba.sal space is also green marked, especially in its
lower portion. The tendency is to a broad green shade from base
along inner margin to the t. a. line; upward along this to the me-
dian vein, then beneath this to the base or place of beginning.
Variation consists in the relative distinctness or obscurity of this
shading which is perfectly pre.sent in one of the females. The most
obvious character, however, is the tendency to discoloration in the
reniform. It is whitish filled, without dark centre, and therefore
unlike the typical olivacea.
The male genitalia are on two slides and confirm the separation
of the species, albeit the differences are not great. The harpes offer
little that is characteristic ; the clasper is more curved than in oliva-
cea, and is drawn out into a long point, instead of being bluntly
terminated.
To divide what we have so long known as olivacea into eight
separate species seems at first like a bad case of unjustifiable s])lit-
ting ; but it must be remembered that three of the species — com/.*,
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236 JOHN B. SMITH.
petita and duveiKi — show obvious or even striking genitalie differen-
ces. Ohiii(/n( is definitely known in the female only ; but seems so
obviously different that I hav^e no fear of its validity. Lucina, altua
and megarenn may be races of olivacea, or the first and second may
be one species differing from either olivacea or megarena. The mossy
green suffusion, which I consider characteristic of olivacea, may not
be so really ; but the material in my hands is the most complete
that has ever been assembled and it justifies ray course. A larger
material of bred forms may disprove three of my names as species.
I think they will stand as races.
It should be said as a caution that faded and badly rubbed exam-
ples of olivacea lose their characteristic appearance to a considerable
extent. To be fairly comparable, material from all species should
be in equally good condition.
The accompanying plates illustrates the male genitalia of all the
forms; it is not given so much to show actual differences as to
prove constancy of type.
Itlaniesira lucina n. sp.
Practically all that is distinctive in this form has been already
noted. It is not a good species as I take a species now. It is not
a variety as that term is usually understood ; it is a race or form
differentiated to some extent from the parent type. The most obvi
ous characters are smaller size, somewhat less distinct maculation
and total absence of all mossy, greenish or yellowish powderings or
shadings.
I?Iaine!«tra altua n. sp.
Tlie essential characters of this form have all been given. Prac-
tically it is the eastern species with all the color out. No mossy
or vellow, no red ; only a dull ash gray, somewhat powdery to dis
tinguish it readily from megarena, and a few leather brown scales in
s. t. space opposite anal angle. The female is a little more evenly
dark powdered than the male. The Utah series shows son)ewhat
more contrast, but in a peculiarly dead tinge.
I have marked this new species; it is only a race — a geographical
race — an incipient species. The name may be considered a little
premature, and I am quite content to let it be placed in a subordi-
nate position. It is not a variety.
Mainestra inei;arena n. sp.
Ground color a dark asheii gray, tending to black or deep smoky. Collar with
a central black line, white tipped, sometimes gray dusted. Patagia' more or less
gray powdered. Primaries gray powdered, in the female very slightly, in the
male obviously so, but never contrasting. S. t. space gray, with a reddish tinge
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more obvious or confined to lower half: costal region of the dark ground. In the
female the contrast is sometimes very slight, and the reddish shade is always
confined to the lower thii-d of space. In the male there is usually a reddish tinge
in the base as well, and this is sometimes traceable in the female. A short curved
black basal mark extends to the basal line, somewhat emphasizing it. T.a. line
obviously geminate, quite regularly outcurved, the inner line distinct, included
space whitish and linear. Sometimes this white included space is about the only
part of it that is visible. T. p. line somewhat squarley exserted over the reui-
forra, then evenly incurved to inner margin, narrowing the median space quite
obviously in some males. S. t. line quite well defined by the contrast between
the darker terminal and light s. t. space. In course it is somewhat irregularly
sinuate. The apex is hardly paler in most examples. Claviform marked in
black, but scarcely visible in the dark ground. Orbicular round or nearly so,
small, pale ringed, centered by the ground. Reniform whitish ringed, in the
male a little lighter, in the female about the same color as the dark ground.
Hab. -Size and general structure as already described.
The more closely I study this series the more am I convinced it
is a good one. It is not altua, which is probably a true race of
olivacea ; and it is not lucina, which stands in a parallel position. It
is perhaps a species Dariviniana, well advanced and ready to sup-
port itself. It has a smoother, less powdery appearance than any
of its immediate allies.
IVIainestra daveua n. sp.
Maculation of the normal olhacea type ; but brighter, more contrasting, a
leather-brown stain preceding the t a. line, and a similar one beyond the sinus
of the t. p. line opposite the hind angle. Front brown and white mottled, with
a deeper brown line across the front. Collar with a blackish line across the mid-
dle, below which it tends to reddish brown, above to smoky or darker. Thorax
with quite a prominent brown thoracic tuft, patagise gray or gray mottled ; disk
gray or smoky. Abdomen of the usual dull gray. Primaries with the macula-
tion well written on the two examples before me. Basal line geminate, black, in
one example white filled, in the other a lighter shade of the smoky ground. A
short curved black basal dash. T. a. line well removed from base, outwardly
oblique and outcurved, reaching the inner margin at almost its middle; geminate
inner line obscure, white or pale filled. T. p. line squarely exserted over the
reniform, theu with a well-marked incurve below. It is obscurely geminate, the
outer line faint, included space white or gray. S. t. line narrow, white, a little
irregular. A series of pale points at the ends of the veins. A very narrow
dusky line at the base of the fringes. Terminal space dark ashen gray, except at
tip, where it is whitish. S. t. space whitish, except on costa, where it is smoky,
and toward inner margin where it is flushed with reddish brown. Claviform
faintly traceable, concolorous, outlined in black, short and broad. Orbicular
oval, oblique, of moderate size, black ringed, narrowly annulate with white, a
little paler filled than ground color. Reniform upright or nearly so, oblong, with
corners rounded, white or gray filled. Secondaries a little smoky, fringes white;
a very obscure discal lunule. Beneath smoky gray; secondaries paler, more
powdery, with a blackish discal spot.
Expands 26-27 mm. = 1.04-1.08 inches.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JUNE, 1901.
238 JOHN B. SMITH.
Hah. — Sierra Nevada, California.
Five males and seven females in my collection and in the collec-
tion American Museum of Natural History. I have long had two
of these examples as part of the intermediates between olivacea and
comu, and that is exactly what they look like. The male genitalia
are totally ditterent however, and ally the species to quadrUineata,
though with some tendency to normal olivacea in the patch of spi-
nules at the lower angle of the tip of the harpes.
All the specimens came originally from the Henry Edwards' col-
lection, and the description was made from the males. The females
agree in all essential points, but are on the whole a little darker ;
not so much so, however, as is usual in this group of species. One
9 example only, marked Siskyou, California, is much darker and
also much smaller (25 mm.), and narrower winged than any other.
It seems to fit this series in all other respects, and I have included
it as a cripple, without considering it in giving either size or general
locality.
Ulaniestra obiiigra u. sp.
In general appearance and type of maculation like olivacea, with
a mossy greenish, but no trace of yellowish tinge anywhere on the
primaries. As a whole, the head and thorax vary from dark gray
to blackish, the disk of the patagise whitish in the female, in the
male tinged with reddish. Ordinary lines more or less well defined
in all examples, geminate, included space filled with white. Median
space always darkest, reaching an intense black in which the ordin
ary spots are not especially well defined. The orbicular is a mere
aunulus, the reniform small, paler, narrowly black margined, annu-
late with an inner dusky centre. There is an obvious tinge of green
in the basal space, and in the s. t. space this is more or less distinct,
especially toward hind margin on which all my female examples
show a half round dusky spot. There is a good deal of variation in
the relative contrasts in these markings, and also in the color of the
secondaries, which varies from whitish to smoky blackish, with all
intervals of smoky outer margin and white base. Size and habitat
have been already given.
The specimen which I have placed here as a possible male is much
more contrasting in color, and a reddish tinge is (jbvious in basal
and s. t. spaces. The male characters have also been discussed.
The three examples from Corvallis are really the typical series,
the darkest and freshest example being marked type. A second
example is much more fiown, the greenish largely faded ; but obvi-
ously it was a form very like the type when fresh. The third ex
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTKRA. 239
ample is an excellent one, much more obscure and powdery in ap
pearance, and looks as if it had been too long in the cyanide, caus-
ing the green to change toward that peculiar reddish tinge that it
often assumes. The Vancouver examples are both uniformly gray,
the s. t. space being scarcely lighter than the median, but with the
mossy green well developed.
With a better series of both sexes I doubt not this species will be
found fully established.
]flaine!«tra petita n. sp.
Like olivaeea in maculation, with a mossy overlay which changes
to reddish in the female. This is obvious throughout the wing, but
more prominent in the basal and s. t. spaces. The latter is gray,
contrasting in both sexes, more or less marked, however, by the
greenish or reddish tinging. The terminal space is only a little or
not at all darker. Reniform tends to become kidney shaped, and is
mossy or reddish filled. The orbicular is round, proportionate and
paler than usual in olivaeea. T. a. line rather evenly outcurved,
geminate, the inner line faint and really indicated only by the con-
trast between the paler filling and the basal ground color. T. p.
line evenly bisinuate, inner line black, outer punctiform and frag-
mentary. There is a rather obscure dusky median shade. Clavi-
form rather large, black ringed, pointed
Habitat, size and genital structure as already noted. Taken alto-
gether this is a brighter, more contrasting species than oliva,cea, but
not so striking as eomis. The net result of the studies here made
is shown in the following list:
Ittaiuestra olivaeea Morr.
Eastern United States to Florida ; Canada ; west to the Missis-
sippi River and beyond to the elevated plains.
vnr. obscurior Sms
Maine : a very heavily powdered form.
;?Iaine«tra lueina Smith.
A o-eographical race occupying that part of British America ex-
tending from AVinnipeg northward and westward to the Rocky
Mountains. Probably extends east and south of this into the
United States, and should occur in the Yellowstone region.
mauiestra altua Smith.
A o-eovj-raphical race occupying the elvevated plateau approaching
the Rocky Mountains and extending southward along this chain
into New Mexico.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JUNE, 1901.
240 JOHN B. SMITH.
Maiiieiiitra mcgareiia Smitl).
Probably a good species, inhabiting the same general region as
the preceding, but the material is too scant to speak definitely.
]flainestra davena Sniitli.
A good species without doubt, thus far received from Sierra Ne-
vada, California, only. I would expect it to extend along the en-
tire range, but it may not get into the Cascades, or, if it does, not
north of the Columbia River.
9Iainestra obuigra Smith.
A good species I am convinced, ranging the lower region toward
the Pacific Coast, and may not get into the mountains, or at any
rate east of the Cascades and the Selkirks.
Mamestra petita Smith.
Also a good species, concerning whose distribution little can be
said definitely; Seattle, Washington, and Corfield, Vancouver, are
not enough to generalize upon.
Mamestra comis Grt.
A good species without doubt, and it probably entends from Van-
couver south well into California; but I do not know just where
Soda Springs is in California, hence cannot say whether it is a
mountain or coast-line form.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE X.
Genitalia of % Mamestra olivacea and allies: all drawings save Figure 7 made
with camera lucida, 2 inrh objective at same distance from eye piece, and no
attempt has been made to correct distortion caused by mounting.
1. Mamestra olivacea Morr.
2. "
3.
4.
These figui-es show all the apparent range of variation due to greater or less
pressure on the object; figure 4 is the most complete specimen and about normal
in position.
5. Mamestra lucina Smith.
«.
7. " altua Smith. Tip of liarpe only made with i-iuch objective to
show details of spinulation ; the number of spines is exact.
8. Mamestra megareua Smith.
9. ■' obuigra Smith,
ip. " petita Smith.
11. " comis Grt. An imperfect specimen ; too much flattened and
somewhat broken.
12. Mamestra davena Smith.
Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc, Vol. XXVII.
PI X.
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 241
NEW SPECIES OF CiEOMETRIDJB FROM
TROPICAL. AMERICA.
BY W. SCHAU8.
Part II.
BOARMIIN^.
liythria ? sarruncaria.— Body light brown. Wiugs oclireons: a teimi-
nal black line ; fringe buff, mottled with black. Primaries somewhat irrorated
with brown scales; a median and an outer curved, wavy, brown shade. Second-
aries : a median and outer wavy itlack line, starting from large black costal spots ;
the outer line somewhat dentate from vein 6 to inner margin ; the apex black.
Underneath primaries ochreous, irrorated with black at base, on costa and outer
margin; the lines felack ; the median followed by a black discal spot; the outer
line followed by a cluster of iilack scales between veins 5 and 6. Secondaries
ochreous brown, irrorated with brown scales; the lines brown, widest on costal
margin ; a terminal dark line on both wings. Expanse 29 mm.
Hab. — Oaxaca, Mexico.
Cyclomia ocaiia. — Body gray. Primaries: basal half pale grey, thickly
irrorated with darker grey; a fine inner line, angled below costa; abroad me-
dian, dark brown, straight line ou which is a large yellow discal spot; costal
margin just before and beyond median line yellowish, striated with black; outer
space bufiF, striated with brown, leaving a fairly clear ochreous brown band before
the marginal space, which is brown, thickly striated with a darker shade; fringe
dark brown. Secondaries: buff at the base, irrorated with grey: a dark median
Hue, not so wide as on primaries; the outer space ochreous brown ; the marginal
space dark brown ; with paler ochreous mottlings on the extreme margin ; fringe
yellow. Underneath dull yellow, striated with violet, chiefly ou secondaries.
Expanse 20 mm.
Hah. — Oaxaca, Mexico.
Cleta sericearia. — Wings light violaceous brown ; the lines olivaceous.
Primaries: distinct inner, outer and subterminal lines; a dark brown discal spot ;
costa finely buff with dark strife. Secondaries: lines less distinct in the % ; outer
and subterminal lines, the former straight, the latter curved ; a dark terminal
line in the 9 ; in the male the anal angle clothed with silky scales. Underneath
paler; the outer and subterminal lines distinct. In the female the wings under-
neath are pale striated with brown. Expanse % 13 mm., 9 17 mm.
Hah.—^\o Janeiro, Sao Paulo.
Cleta albipunctaria. — Wings dark brown ; lilacine white discal streaks ;
traces of an outer and subterminal, interrupted, fine whitish line; also a similar
inner line on primaries; marginal lilacine white spots; four larger white spots
on costa of primaries before apex ; fringe paler brown. Underneath brown, with
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (31) JUNE, 1901.
242 w. scHAUS.
traces of marginal white spots, and the costal spots on primaries smaller. Ex-
panse 11 mm.
Hab — Castro, Pariina, Rio Janeiro.
Wings with the outer margins rounded.
Cleta faragil-a. — Body brown, fore eosas and legs buff, irrorated with
black. Wings dark brown ; a black median line crossing the cell spots, which are
reddish, circled with black ; an outer curved black line, followed on costa of pri-
maries by a large reddish brown spot; an interrupted terminal black line ; fi-inge
brown, mottled with reddish brown. Primaries: a curved dark inner line ; a
subterminal dark line below costa; yellowish strige on costal margin. Under-
neath violaceous; discal spots orange; a dark outer line. Primaries: orange
striae beyond cell to outer margin, and a large costal orange spot before apex.
Secondaries: some orange striae on outer margin. Expanse 12 mm.
Hah. — Trinidad.
Wings shaped as in C. epionaria Gn.
S^liinia axauaria. — Primaries greenish yellow; costa with four clusters
of dark striae ; a small white discal spot, shaded with black ; a faint inner line ; a
broader outer shade, olivaceous, most heavily marked on inner margin ; fringe
grey. Secondaries pale ochreous; a minute greyish discal spot; a dark median
shade not reaching costal margin ; fringe yellow, with ochreous shadings at ends
of veins. Underneath pale yellow ; minute black discal points. Expanse 22 mm.
^«o.— Oaxaca, Mexico.
Niiinia leriuia. — Head and collar pale brown. Thorax and abdomen yel-
low. Primaries bright yellow; a few brownish irrorations; costa buff, with
darker irrorations, forming a large spot at origin of inner line, and a smaller spot
at origin of outer line; inner line fine, almost imperceptible, punctiform on me-
dian and submedian veins; a black discal point; outer line fine, straight, angled
below costa; a costal spot before apex ; fringe bright yellow. Secondaries whit-
ish buff; bright yellow at anal angle; a small discal spot; traces of an outer line.
Underneath ochreous, irrorated with dark brown striae ; the inner margins
broadly whitish and unmarked; traces of lines; the outer margins greyish;
fringe greyish, on primaries spotted with brown. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. — Pernarabuco, Brazil.
PHALUDIA gen. nov.
Antennae serrate, finely haired ; palpi short. Hind tibia with
two pairs of spurs. Legs long. Abdomen extending well beyond
secondaries. Primaries long and broad ; outer margin obliquely
rounded; veins 3 and 4 from a point; 6 from upper angle; 7-10
stalked. Secondaries small; outer margin rounded; veins 3 and 4
and 6 and 7 from a point; 8 anastomosing with 7 to near end of
cell, then diverging.
AMERICAN LEPIDOP'lERA. 2-i3
Plialudia jaiieira.— Head brown. Collar huff. Thorax and abdomen
violaceous brown, the latter with lateral buff spots; buff underneath, and anal
hairs buff Wings dark violaceous brown ; a broad median buff band mottled
with olivaceous. Primaries: the costal margin buff from base to median band,
irrorated with black striae ; a buff apical spot. Underneath similar; the median
band pale yellow without markings; the costa of primaries dark with buffstrise;
the apical spot smaller. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Rio Janeiro.
Microxydia pnlveraria. — Wings pale buff, irrorated with brown
scales, chiefly on outer margin. Primaries: an inner, median and outer daik
spot on costal margin ; a dark brown discal point : faint traces of an inner line ;
median shade and outer line ; fringe dark brown, buff at apex and inner angle.
Secondaries: a dark median line not reaching costa ; a faint outer line; fringe
huff, mottled with brown. Underneath buff, much more heavily irrorated with
brown. Primaries: a dark space on outer margin between 4 and 6; costa and
apex tinged with yellow. Secondaries with the outer line broken into spots. Ex-
panse 15 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Semiuthisa grisearia. — Wings grey, thickly covered with darker strite
and irrorations, violaceous grey; the lines reddish brown; the median line
straight, crossing the black discal spot; the outer line curved, wavy ; a terminal
dark line; fringe grey, darkest at base. Primaries: an inner line angled below
costa, then inwardly oblique ; a subterminal wavy line, followed by some whitish
scales near costa; apex mottled with white. Secondaries: the subterminal line
very indistinct: some whitish scales at anal angle. Underneath dull greyish
brown; faint traces of median and outer lines. The primaries are acute; the
apex slightly falcate ; the secondaries angled. Expanse 31 mm.
i/a6. — Colombia.
Quite distinct from any described species of the genus.
Eusar<^a giiailaria. — Primaries light brown, darker between the lines,
and slightly irrorated with darker brown; the fringe dark brown; the lines
pale buff, shaded on median line by very dark brown ; the inner line olique from
costa to vein 2, then slightly curved inwardly to inner margin ; the outer line
from apex slightly curved to inner margin ; a black discal point, followed by a
dark brown shade. Secondaries ochreous, shaded with brown on inner margin ;
fringe dark brown. Underneath primaries ochreous, slightly striated on costa,
and outer margin with brown ; a black discal spot; a faint trace of the outer line.
Secondaries pale brown, shaded with ochreous at base; a small discal spot. Ex-
panse 23 mm.
Hab. -Guadalajara, Mexico.
PSEUDAPI€IA gen. nov.
Differs from Apicia Gn. in having the male antennae simple.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JUNE, 1901.
244 w. SCHAUS.
Pseiidapicia basivirida. — Head violaceous brown. Body bright olive
green. Wings witli the basal half bright olive green, the outer half violaceous
brown. Primaries: costal margin violaceous brown; an inner reddish brown
line, curved in cell, then slightly oblique to inner margin ; an outer reddish brown
line, angled on costa, the angle with a dark streak to apex ; this line followed by
an irregular darker shade of brown; discal spot minute, black. Secondaries: a
median reddish brown line; some outer darker brown shadings; fringe dark
reddish brown. Underneath greenish yellow, striated with dull brown. Prin)a-
ries: abroad dark shade in place of inner line; outer line distinct; the costa
dark grey, with a whitish spot before apex ; outer margin mostly reddish brown.
Secondaries with outer half reddish brown ; median line distinct. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Peruvian Amazons.
The margins are slightly angled, as in Apicia cayennaria Gn.
Pseiidapicia ? pallidaria. — Shape and general appearance of Apicia
plehejata Snell., which also has simple antennae. Wings dark buff; a fine outer
line, reddish, outwardly shaded with yellow; there is a black sjiot at the angle
of this line below costa of primaries, and the angle is not so close to apex as in
plehejata; on primaries a similar inner line inwardly shaded with yellow, and a
black discal spot ; base of fringe slightly darker. Underneath yellowish buff; the
apex of primaries slightly irrorated with black ; some outer dark points on veins
below costa of primaries; black discal points on both wings. Expanse 25 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Acrotomodes chiriqiieusiM. — %. Body grey above, reddish brown
below. Wings greyish brown, irrorated with a few dark spots. Primaries: costa
dark brown, irrorated with grey ; some violaceous brown at base ; an inner broad
violaceous brown shade, continuing above vein 2 to beyond the outer line, and
almost reaching apex on costa; the outer line fine, darker, dentate-lunular ; a
subtermiual dark brown spot above inner margin, and another between veins 3
and 4; fringe reddish brown. Secondaries greyish brown, tinged with lilacine;
the outer margin shaded with violaceous brown, especially at apes ; a reddish
brown basal line; a dentate indistinct outer line; some subterminal reddish
brown shadings. Underneath reddish brown. The primaries to outer line are
tinged with lilacine; some black irrorations; the outer line black, more heavily
marked on primaries than on secondaries; a pale mark at apex of primaries.
9 . — Similar underneath, but still darker. Above dark violaceous irrorated
with whitish scales, the outer line reddi.sh brown, lunular; a median narrow
dark shade, angled on costa; paler subterminal shades; subterminal black spots
above inner margin, between 4 and 5. and 6 and 7; from the last spot to apex a
whitish line. Expanse % 26 mm., 9 30 mm.
Hab. — Chiriqui.
Etiseiiea parva. — Primaries: the base brown, limited by a dark grey
line; the inner space greyish brown, limited by a dark grey line, angled in cell ;
the median space dark reddish brown, limited by the outer line, which is nearly
straight, lilacine; the discal spot dark grey, circled with black; the marginal
space and fringe light brown ; some ])lack marginal spots shaded witli white be-
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 245
tween the veins. Secondaries greyish on eosta, otherwise basal space dark brown,
limited by an outer pale line; the marginal space greyish brown towards apex,
light reddish brown at anal angle; black marginal spots near apex and near anal
angle. Underneath : costal half of primaries greyish brown, shaded with red on
outer margin and at apex ; below median and vein 3 the wing is greyish buff; dis-
cal spot black, cut by a buff line ; marginal spots as above. Secondaries lilaoine
brown; a white discal spot; a wavy whitish outer line inwardly shaded with
dark grey; some light reddish brown at anal angle; marginal spots as above.
Expanse 26 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo. *
Looks somewhat like a small E. rofundata Warr.
Tetracis pagouaria. % .— Antennse bufl', with a fine black line above.
Body buflf. Wings bufT, shaded and striated with light brown. Primaries: a
black point in the cell ; inner line fine, angled below costa, then straight to inner
margin; outer line dark brown, inwardly shaded with buff from costal margin
at four-fifths to inner margin at two-thirds. Secondaries with a single line and
very minute discal point.
The 9 is browner as a rule. Expanse % 32 mm., 9 36 mm.
Hub. — Orizaba, Amecameca, Mexico.
Metanema excavaria. 9- — Body brown. Wings brown, thinly irro-
rated with black scales, and shaded with darker brown on outer margins. Pri-
maries: a black discal point; lines reddish brown, distinct; the inner line angled
at costa, then straight to inner margin ; the outer line from costal margin near
apex to inner margin at two-thirds from base; the outer line continued on sec-
ondaries to middle of inner margin. Underneath fawn color, irroratcd with
black scales ; the outer margins brown. Expanse 33 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Theriiia pardiria. — Wings yellowish buff, covered with small, violaceous
grey spots; the lines the same color; a broad outer line, the edges of which are
somewhat dentate. Primaries: an inner broad line, outwardly oblique from costa,
then inwardly curved to below median vein, then inwardly oblique to inner
margin ; the inner and outer lines are connected below the median vein by a bar,
so the lines have the appearance of forming a semilunar line on inner margin,
surmounted by a circular line ; the angle of the inner line in cell being continued
by a bar to the outer line at vein 3. Underneath similar. Expanse 29 mm.
Hab. — Chiriqui.
Cannagara sagiva. — Head and thorax dark fawn color. Abdomen red-
dish brown. Primaries reddish brown; some black and grey scales on costa;
inner line very fine, wavy, slightly darker; a small black discal spot; outer line
somewhat oblique from costa near apex to vein 4, below which it is slightly curved
inwardly and straight below vein 2 ; a small black spot beyond outer line between
veins 5 and 6. Secondaries reddish brown, paler at the base ; a black discal spot ;
a faint outer line. Underneath : secondaries, also casta and apex of primaries
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JUNE, 1901.
246 w. SCHAUS.
ochreous, irrorated with black ; primaries otherwise reddish grey ; on secondaries
a sreydiscal'spot, and wavy, grey outer line, edged outwardly with lilacine. Ex-
panse 34 mm.
Hab. — Las Vigas, Mexico.
Thysanopyga maresa.— Frons reddish brown. Body grey. Primaries
grey, striated witli black ; lines fine, pale reddish brown ; an inner line angled
on costa; a median line followed by black discal point ; an outer line followed by
a broad shade, narrowing between veins 4 and 5, also pale reddish brown, be-
coming darker before an apical black shade. Secondaries grey at base, otherwise
pale reddish brown, striated with black ; a basal black spot ; the median and outer
lines reddish brown ; a large black discal spot. Underneath pale grey ; the mar-
gins darker; small discal spots. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Thysaiiopyga lollia.--Body brown ; the end of abdomen grey. Wings
brown, irrorated with darker scales; a median wavy reddish shade; an outer row
of small white spots on veins, preceded by a short blackish mai-k ; fringe viola-
ceous. Primaries: the median shade followed below costa by a large yellow spot,
outwardly limited by a dentate dark line, followed by three whitish spots; three
inner spots on veins, white, outwardly shaded with black. Underneath paler,
tinged with yellow ; minute black discal spots. Expanse 27 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Petelia nigriplaga. — Wings deep red, irrorated with black scales. Pri-
maries: a large irregular black space from end of cell to close to outer margin,
between veins 3 and subcostal. Secondaries with a large blackish space at anal
angle, crossed by darker lines, outwardly shaded with reddish brown. Under-
neath pale reddish brown, with traces of the black spaces on upper side. Ex-
panse 30 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Lobopola ftransoina.— Wings violaceous brown. Primaries: a basal
and a broader outer transverse baud, the latter narrower on costal than on inner
margin, and outwardly toothed between veins 5 and 6; these bands are pale
roseate brown, irrorated with darker scales; a grey discal spot. Secondaries with
an outer irregular band of pale roseate brown ; fringe reddish brown. Under-
neath buff at the base; outwardly reddish brown with darker irrorations; traces
of a reddish median line ; a pale discal spot on primaries. Expanse 35 mm.
i/f<6.— Jalapa, Mexico.
Allied to L. cimarrona Dogii.
FHKROTESIA gen. nov
Aiitenupe pectinated in the S , simple in the $ . Palpi extending
beyond frons ; third joint very short. Primaries broad ; costal mar-
gin slightly convex towards apex ; outer margin slightly rounded ;
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vein 3 from before eud of cell ; 6 from l)efore upper angle of cell ;
7, 8 and 9 stalked ; 10 from cell. Secondaries broad, produced at
vein 3 ; costal margin somewhat convex ; outer margin straight to
3, there rounded, and then straight again to anal angle ; on vein 2
a swollen glandular spot in the $ ; veins i and 4 apart ; vein '5
present, and from near 4 in the $ only; vein 6 and 7 from upper
angle of cell.
The peculiar neuration of the secondaries in the S will readily
distinguish this genus, which is quite Boarmid in appearance, and
typically so in the 9 .
Pherotesia inalinaria.— In general appearance very close to T. conden-
saria Gn., but altogether darker, in color, and the male can be distinguished by
the almost black secondaries and their quadrate shape. % primaries: dark
brown, irrorated with black scales and striaj ; the lines black; basal and inner
lines geminate; a straight median black shade, followed by black discal sjmt; the
outer line lunular, followed by black spots above vein 4; subterminal black spots
outwardly shaded with pale huff; a terminal black line much thickened between
the veiiis. Secondaries dark brown, shaded with reddish brown, mottled with
black in inner margin and anal portion of outer margin; a dark median line;
a black terminal line. Underneath mottled buff and black ; discal points black.
The 9 is very variable and similar to condensaria Gn.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Bormia condensaria Gn. also has vein 5 present on secondaries;
it usually is stalked with 4, though sometimes they are from a point ;
there is no glandular swelling on vein 2.
Boarmia gitanaria. — Body greyish brown : geminate black dorsal spots
at base of and on last segment of abdomen. Primaries pale rufous brown, thinly
irrorated with darker brown scales, and striated with black on costa ; inner line
fine, black, from one-fourth on costa to near base of inner margin ; an oval black
discal spot; outer line heavy, black, angled above vein 5, then inwardly oblique
to middle of inner margin, and forming from below discal spot to inner margin a
very broad black band ; a black punctiform line from costa to vein 5, beyond the
outer line; a subterminal white dentate line, inwardly shaded with black be-
tween 4 and 6, and outwardly shaded with grey between 4and 7; a faint sub-
terminal line; fringe pale rufous, somewhat mottled with black and tipped with
white. Secondaries whitish to outer line, then pale rnfous brown ; a dark line at
base; a broad black median band not reaching costa, and followed by a black dis-
cal streak; outer line fine, black, punctiform; a subterminal dentate white line,
preceded by a greyish shade ; terminal line and fringe as on primaries. Under-
neath creamy white, including fringe. Primaries: the costa striated with black ;
a black discal spot; a large stibapical black spot below vein 8 and reaching mar-
gin between 4 and 7. Expanse 45 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
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-48 \V. SCHAUS.
Boariiiia giacria. — Primaries brown, striated with black ; the inner line
fine, black, curvefi to inner margin near base; abroad blackish median shade,
touching the outer line below vein 2 and crossing the black discal spot; the outer
line fine, black, angled at vein 5, inwardly curved between the veins and puncti-
forni on the veins; a vague blackish subterrainal line, followed by a black mar-
ginal shade between veins 4 and 7; a terminal black line; fringe buflF at base,
outwardly blackish. Secondaries greyish : the outer margin sba-ded with brown,
slightly irrorated with black and brown scales; the inner line straight, more
distinct on inner margin; discal spot minute, blackish; outer line very fine,
starting from a dark spot on inner margin, and inwardly curved to vein 2, then
slightly outwardly and punctiforin on veins; a suhterminal blackish shade from
anal angle to vein 3; terminal line and fringe as on primaries. Undei'ueath pale
buflf". Primaries showing faintly some of the markings of upper surface. Sec-
ondaries with only a black discal point; the terminal Hue paler brown. Expanse
31 mm.
Hah. — Guadalajara, Mexico.
Boarniia soiiicaria. — Wings light greyish brown in tone, somewhat
thinly scaled and slightly striated with black. Primaries: an inner fine black
line somewhat curved and punctiform on veins; discal spot large, smoky black;
outer line fine, black, bluntly toothed on vein 6, then inwardly wavy to inner
margin; this line followed on costal margin by a geminate black shade; a
dentate subterminal white line; an indistinct dark terminal line joined by
dark streaks between the veins. Secondaries whitish at the base; the inner
line sinuous not reaching costa ; discal spot grey circled with black ; outer line
more distinct, velvety black, inwardly curved from inner margin to between 4
and 6, then straight to costa, followed by some dark streaks on veins; the sub-
terminal whitish dentate line preceded by a greyish shade and followed by a red-
dish brown shade; a terminal dark line: fringe mottled grey and buif. Under-
neath greyish buff. Primaries with a smoky black discal spot, and blackish
shade beyond the cell, and before apex, which is yellowish. Secondaries without
markings. Expanse 33 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Easily distinguished by its underside.
Tephroitia inimarcaf a. — Wings buflf, irrorated thinly with dark brown
scales; terminal black points between the veins; fringe buff divided by a darker
shade; the lines fine, brown; minute black discal points. Primaries: a wavy
basal line; a faint inner shade; an outer lunular line, slightly oblique, partly
punctiform, and some of the lunules followed by brown spots: a subterminal
dentate white line, preceded and followed by dark brown spots between veins 4
and 6, and preceded by smaller brown spots between the other veins. Secondar-
ries: an inner transverse shade; a fine, nearly straight outer line, followed by a
reddish brown shade; subterminal dark brown spots, some of them shaded out-
wardly with white. Underneath bull', slightly irrorated with brown; s subter-
minal dark shade on primaries thickened at vein .5; on secondaries a subterminal
reddish brown shade on apiciil half of wing. Expanse 36 mm.
Hab. — Peru, Brazil.
Belonging to the group of E. argillaria Gn.
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Stenalcidia siiieera.— Wings whitish, thickly irrorated with pale browu
and grey scales, the general tone grey. Primaies: a fine dark brown inner line,
curved below costa, then oblique to base of inner margin; a dark brown discal
s'pot crossed by a median shade which joins the outer line at vein 2; the outer
line fine, dark brown, interrupted before costa, and followed by reddish brown
shades on inner margin, between veins 2-4 and 6-7 ; a dark costal shade before
apex ; a subterminal whitish lunular line ; terminal dark spots between the veins ;
fringe grey, shaded with brown at base. Secondaries: a dark inner line not
reaching costa; a black discal point; a fine" distinct lunular, dentate, outer line,
followed by a reddish brown shade; a subterminal punctiform line; a dark
terminal line. Underneath: primaries brown, darkest at apex. Secondaries white
shaded and striated with browu on costa; dark discal points and a terminal dark
line on both wings. Expanse 24 mm.
Hab. — Peru,
Stenaleidia tristaria.— Primaries: costal margin broadly light brown,
otherwise dai'k brown, with blackish shadings on outer margin and beyond cell ;
faint traces of a geminate median oblique line on inner margin; terminal dark
points between the veins; fringe brown. Secondaries dark brown ; a fine black
inner line; a geminate heavier median line; a subterminal line broken into spots
towards apex ; a terminal dark crenulate line. Underneath brown, the outer
margins darkest. Expanse 27 mm.
Hah. — Petropolis Brazil.
This species is nearest to Stencdcidia fusca.
Ischuopteryx auruclaria.— Body brown, mottled with grey and green-
ish scales. Primaries l)rowu, mottled with green at the base, on inner margin
beyond median line, at angle, on costal margin, and beyond cell between veins 2
and 4 and 6 and 7; blackish striae on costal margin and on veins; the inner and
median lines parallel, oblique outwardly from costa, irregular; terminal dark
streaks between the veins; fringe brown. Secondaries golden yellow; a black
discal spot; inner margin and anal angle broadly dark browu Underneath yel-
low. Primaries: an oblique dark median line; abroad subapical dark shade;
the apex mottled with black. Secondaries irrorated with blackish; an irregular
median shade and broad subterminal dark shade on anal half of outer margin.
Expause 40 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
CARGOL.IA gen. nov.
Antennse pectinated for two thirds. Palpi porrect, not projecting
beyond frons. Tibia with a single pair of spurs. Primaries: cos-
tal margin straight; outer margin oblique; veins 3 and 4 from
lower angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7-10 stalked. Second-
aries: costal margin slightly convex ; outer margin hardly rounded :
veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7 on a short stalk.
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250 W. SCHAUS.
€ar<;olia albipniicla.— Piimaries black, slightly mottled with buff at
base, aud on outer margin between angle and vein 4 ; traces of velvety black
basal, inner and outer lines ; beyond the cell a large white spot connected to costa
by a buff spot; on costa a buff median spot, and two similar spots before apex ;
fringe black spotted, with white between the veins. Secondaries black. Prima-
ries: costal and post-discal spots all white; a white spot on outer margin between
2 and 4. Secondaries irrorated slightly with whitish scales. Espan-se 30 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Geometrin^,
Xeagalliia semilucida. — Wings somewhat transparent, greenish fawn
color. Primaries: costa whitish, a small black discal spot ; a brownish curved
inner line nearer base on costa than on inner margin, and inwardly shaded with
lilacine ; an outer brownish line, nearly straight, broadly shaded with lilacine and
dark grey from inner margin to vein 7. Secondaries: a larger black discal spot
pi'eceded by a transverse lilacine shade; the outer line evenly curved, dark grey,
outwardly shaded with lilacine; the outer margins are striated with reddish
brown. Underneath whitish, with traces of the lines aud a broad black subter-
minal shade on primaries. Expan.se 23 mm.
I£nh. — Rio Janeiro.
Hydata felcleri. — Wings semi-transparent, pale greenish, with wavy,
inner, outer and subterminal lines: the discal spots olive-green. Primaries: a
large olive-green space at the base; a large olive-green subapical spot, widest
towards costa and extending to vein 3. Secondaries: a basal olive-green band ;
the subterminal broadly shaded with olive-green ; some terminal pale green
shadings. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Allied to H. caducata Feld.
Hydata Kordida. — Frons and vertex white. Thorax green. Primaries
pale green, thinly scaled ; costa finely whitish ; inner margin brown at base and
with a median dark grey spot; traces of a faint inner and outer darker green
line; a subapical dark green spot from subcostal vein to vein 3, where it extends
to fringe; a dark green discal spot; a small dark green spot above the inner
angle. Secondaries olivaceous brown ; the outer margin pale green ; traces of a
dark di.scal spot, and transverse sti'aight outer line ; a terminal darker green line.
Underneath greenish white; the secondaries with a broad dark transverse band ;
the subapical spot on i)rimaries forming a dark shade. Expanse 17 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Hydafa povera. — Primaries semi-transparent, pale green, with darker
w;ivy inner, outer and subterminal lines; the latter from inner margin to vein 3,
above which there is a large dark green subapical spot which extends to cosia ;
the base of the wing dark green ; a green discal spot. Secondaries dark green ;
a white transverse inner line; a paler green indistinct median line; outer Miarsin
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pale green. Un<leineath duller; the luediau line on secondaries more distinct.
Expanse 18 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
This species is figured in the Biologia as Racheospila satisfacta
Wlk., which is, however, quite distinct.
PROHYDATA gen. nov.
Antennae pectinated. Palpi porrect, short. Primaries : costal
margin straight; apex acute; outer margin straight to vein 3,
then rounded. Veins 8 and 4 apart; 6 from upper angle of cell ;
7-10 stalked. Secondaries : costal margin straight ; outer margin
produced at vein 6, nearly straight to anal angle ; veins 3 and 4
apart ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 not anastomosing with 7, as in HydaUt,
but diverging.
Prohy«lata apicata. — Pi-imaries semi-transparent, pale green; a small
dark gi'een space at base; a small green discal spot; a large dark olive-green
apical space from vein 3 to subcostal vein, leaving a narrovc, pale green marginal
space between veins 4 and 6, and a small paler green spot and streak at apex.
Secondaries brown at base; a broad dark greenish grey median space, outwardly
limited by a still darker grey line, and containing a blackish discal spot; the
outer space brownish ; the margin and fringe pale green. Underneath the sec-
ondaries are grey, with a dark transverse outer line. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. — Chaco, Bolivia.
Pr4»liy<lata vitrearia. — Primaries olivaceous; the median space between
subcostal and submedian veins semi-transparent, pale green; a greenish discal
spot; a small apical pale green spot. Secondaries olivaceous; a basal transverse
semi-transparent line, pale green ; a dark outer transverse line; the outer mar-
• gins and fringe paler green. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Racheospila capy!>«oides. — Head red; vertex white. Collar and
thorax green. Abdomen violaceous red above; three transverse white spots;
underneath white. Wings bright green ; discal spots red ; a terminal red line :
fringe spotted with red. Primaries : costa finely red ; an inner curved white
line; an outer fine white line, wavy from costa to vein 4, then slightly curved
inwards. Secondaries: an outer white lunular line, ending in a large violaceous
red spot occupying the median space on the inner margin. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Racheospila pulveraria.— Head brown. Collar and thorax green.
Abdomen green; a basal white spot surrounded with dark brown; two subdor-
sal white spots. Wings bright green ; fringe green, spotted with brown at ends
of veins. Primaries: costa buff, with thick black stria? ; some brown and black
scales at base ; an inner, irregular, lunular, white line mottled with browji and
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252 w. scHAUS.
black scales; a large blackish discal spot connected with costa by a brownish
shade; the onter line curved beyond cell, and consisting of a series of white
lunules, inwardly curved, and shaded with black and brown scales; a subterrui-
nal row of black points on veins surrounded by brown scales. Secondaries: the
outer line and subterniinal spots much fainter, there being hardly any black
scales; an inner whitish wavy line shaded with jmle brown. Underneath whit-
ish green, the primaries showing traces of the dark markings of upper surface.
Expanse 23 mm.
Hab. — Songo, Bolivia.
Allied to R. puntillada Dogii.
Racbeospila viridieiiicta. — Frons buff; vertex white; body buff;
patagise green : alidomen with three dorsal white spots. Wings bright green ;
discal points black, shaded with buff; an outer lunular line, punctiforni on veins;
a terminal brown line, faintly spotted with yellow on veins: fringe wliite; an
inner white line on primaries; costa buff, the extreme margin white. Expanse
20 ^im.
Hah. — Castro, Parana.
Racheospila gortaria. — Body pale green ; three sulnlorsal white spots
circled with red on abdomen. Wings bright green ; minute black discal points;
aa outer punctiforni white line, straight on primaries, angled on secondaries; a
terminal red line, spotted with yellow on veins; fringe white; an inner wliite
wavy curved line on primaries; costa finely white. Expanse 27 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
C'omibseua inagiiifica. — Body buff; patagise pale green. Primaries
white; costa yellowish ; the extreme margin light brown; a small green space at
base followed by a large triangular green space, the base of which rests on the
subcostal ; an outer green space from above end of cell on subcostal to near the
apex, contracting very much at vein 5, and then expanding into a broad semi-
lunar spot not quite reaching vein 2; a subterminal brown line descends from
vein 6, and curves below the green spot, and suffuses with a brown shading which
fills the median space to inner margin ; a cluster of darker brown scales in cell ;
terminal line dark brown, and fringe buff on both wings. Secondaries white,
irrorated at base, and in cell with brown ; a large irregular green semilunar spot
on the inner margin, its point towards base acute, the other point obtuse before
vein 5; a dark streak in cell, bifurcating towards costa; a subterminal brown
line. Underneath creamy; the green spots of upper surface visible. Expanse
37 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Allied to inciusaria H. S.
HVeiUWria sileiia. — Frons and vertex white. Body bright green. Wings
bright green. Primaries: a black discal point; a faint trace of a brown outer
line above the inner margin. Secondaries: a bryad median pale yellow space,
not quite reaching the inner margin, outwardly limited by a dentate, violaceous
line, and crossed by a broad violaceous line, outwardly toothed ; close to inner
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margin the yellow space between the two dark lines is thickly irrorated with
brown scales; the lines do not reach either margin ; fringe paler green. Under-
neath primaries bright green ; secondaries wliitish green, with a black discal
line. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Gelasiinia nordicaria.— Wings dull olive green; black discal points; a
faint wavy whitish outer line, inwardly with darker green ; a terminal dark
line, interrupted at veins by a yellow dots; fringe greyish, spotted with brown
at veins; costa of primaries finely buflF, striated with dai'k brown. Expanse
11 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Allied to G. hemithearia Warr.
Pliriidoceutra Olivia. — Palpi laterally spotted with black ; frons brown-
ish; vertex white; body green. Wings dark green; abroad whitish line from
apex of primaries to middle of inner margin on secondaries; minute black dis-
cal points: fringe dark green at base, paler terminally. Underneath primaries
paler green; secondaries whitish green; traces of the transverse oblique line.
Expanse % 21 mm., 9 31 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Dyspteris vecinaria. — Wings whitish, striated with green ; fringe
white, spotted with black at veins. Primaries: from middle of costa a dark
green line, angled at green discal shade, to inner margin at one-third from base ;
from costa near apex a dark green line, oblique to middle of inner margin, but
bulged between veins 3 and 5: a green subterminal shade, widest on inner mar-
gin. Secondaries with a dark green median line, outwardly shaded with white.
Underneath more whitish; the inner line on pri)uaries absent, the outer line
starting further away from apex. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Chiriqui.
Allied to D. naiadaria Gn.
Dyspteris mexicaria. — Body green. Wings bluish green ; fringe white;
discal spots white ; an outer white line, slightly wavy ; a distinctly wavy subter-
minal white shade; an inner curved white line on primaries; costa of primaries
very finely dark brown. Underneath primaries green ; broad white shades in
place of lines. Secondaries whitish, with median, outer and subterminal green
shades ; the base shaded with green. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Allied to D. abortivaria H. 8.
ACIDALIIN/E.
Craspedia cugia. — Wings whitish, irrorated with black and grey scales;
minute black discal points; an oblique brownish line beyond cell on primaries;
within discal spot on secondaries; a similar outer line followed by broad subter-
minal and terminal brown shadings; on primaries tliere is also a fine curved
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254 w, scHAUS.
iuner line; a brown terminHl line spotted with black between the veins. Under-
neath paler, with traces of the median and outer lines. The primaries are acute,
the secondaries rounded. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Craspedia bilinearia. — Wings pale buff, irrorated with light reddish
brown and crossed by two fine darker brown lines; the inner line inwardly
oblique; the outer line slightly bulged at vein 4; a terminal, somewhat lunular
dark line; an indistinct dark median shade; discal spots large, white, circleil
witl) reddish brown ; the costal margin of primaries thickly irrorated with black.
Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico, Loja, Ecuador.
Allied to C. conspicillaria Snell.
Craspedia arthnra. — Head brown. Collar violaceous red. Body bright
ochreous, the abdomen with subdorsal roseate spots. Wings bright ochreous,
striated with roseate; discal spots roseate, broadly circled with black, which is
outwardly shaded with roseate; beyond the discal spots a broad roseate trans-
verse band somewhat mottled with ochreous beyond the cells and on costal mar-
gins, and containing a large black spot between veins 2 and 4 ; on the primaries
this hand is outwardly spotted with black on the veins; terminal roseate strife;
fringe ochreous. Tluderneath brown ; black discal spots; outer punctiforni line;
a large blackish shade on primaries between veins 2 and 4. The secondaries are
rounded and the species look like a Cambogia. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
C'raspedia vitt(»ra. — Head brown; collar white; thorax and abdomen
pale buff, the latter dorsally spotted with black. Wings pale buff, thinly irrorated
with black scales; a faint median pale brown shade angled beyond cell at costa
of primaries and crossing black discal point on secondaries; discal point on pri-
maries smaller; a wavy outer pale brown shade marked on veins by clusters
of black scales; a germinate pale subterminal shade; a terminal dark line, punc-
tiform between veins. Underneath pale buff, slightly clouded with brown ;
black discal points, and an outer punctiform line. Secondaries rounded. Ex-
panse 17 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Craspedia eonotariH. — Whitish buff, thinly irrorated with black scales
forming a wavy median, outer and subterminal line, the outer line being .some-
what punctiform on primaries; black discal point very minute; a terminal, in-
terrupted, black line, preceded by some minute marginal points; fringe divided
by an interrupted blackish line. Underneath whitish ; the black discal points
larger; an outer punctiform line on primaries; terminal triangular black spots
between the veins. Secondaries evenly rounded. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Craspedia gosina.— Wings pale buff, thickly striated with pale brown,
forming indistinct median, outer and subterminal shade; discal points usually
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 255
white, shaded with darker browu, and larger on secondaries than on primaries ;
the outer shade with a row of black points on veins ; a terminal black line inter-
rupted by veins; on secondaries also a dark point at end of veins; costa of pri-
maries shaded with dark violaceous. Underneath primaries brown ; secondaries
white ; fine median, outer and subterminal brown shades. Expanse 18 n)m.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Belongs to the group with rounded secondaries.
CraNpedia eniicloides. — Wings white, with a few scattered black
scales; minute black discal points; lines and fringe brown. Primaries: the costa
finely pale brown ; an inner, a median and an outer wavy line, angled below
costa; the outer line speckled with black beyond cell and above inner margin, in
which places it also suffuses with the inner part of a geminate subterminal wavy
line; terminal black point between the veins. Secondaries: a median, an outer
and a geminate subterminal wavy line ; terminal black points between the veins.
Underneath primaries pale brown, with an outer black wavy line, and a whitish
subterminal shade. Secondaries white ; black terminal points on both wings.
Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Coatepec, Mexico.
Craspetlia inicara. — Wings pale olivaceous buflT. the markings hardly
perceptible; black discal points and oblique fine shade, angled below costa of
primaries above end of cell, and extending to inner margin of secondaries, pass-
ing within but close to discal spot; an outer fine lunularline; a fine terminal
black line interrupted by veins. Underneath the primaries shaded with light
brown, except on inner margin ; black discal points; the outer lunular line more
distinct. Secondaries angled. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Craspedia anaisaria. — Primaries acute. Secondaries angled, light
buff, sparsely irrorated with violaceous brown scales. Discal points yellow, cir-
cled with dark violaceous ; an outer row of violaceous points on veins ; a termi-
nal row of black points between the veins; a faint darker shade between the dLs-
cal spots and inner margins; dark points on subcostal and median veins of pri-
maries at a third from base. Underneath primaries shaded with brown ; di.scal
spots less distinct; outer and terminal row of points. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Craspedia doiiaria. — Wings lilacine buff, very thinly irrorated with
black scales; black discal points; a terminal row of black points; a dark shade
extends from beyond cell on primaries to inner margin of secondaries, crossing
the latter wing within the cell spot ; traces of faint outer and subterminal shade.
Underneath primaries greyish brown ; an oblique dark shade beyond cell to inner
margin ; an outer punctiform black line. Secondaries buff, an outer imnctiforni
line and subterminal shadings: discal spots black. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
The secondaries are angled.
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256 w. scHAus.
Hseinalca iiar4»$;eiia. — Wings violaceous brown, witli darker transverse
lines. Piiniaries: a basal, an inner, a geminate median and an outer wavy line;
a subterminal shade and the outer margin irregular darker. Secondaries: a me-
dian and an outer wavy line; a faint subtei'minal sbade ; a terminal dark line;
fringe darkest at base. Underneath light brown, with traces of the median and
outer lines. The species is very close to H. tnr.iturna Dogn., but is brighter in
color. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
HaMiialea rof iiiidata. — Body fawn color, irrorated with black scales.
Primaries: basal two-thirds of inner margin dark fawn color, limited by a semi-
circular violaceous line starting from base of median vein ; space above this to
end of cell also dark fawn color, except costa which is finely violaceous; at end
of cell a small white discal spot, beyond which a median violaceous shade ex-
tends from costa to the semicircular line ; the outer portion of the wing violaceous
except a large round apical white spot, which contains three dark terminal spots.
Secondaries pale fawn color, with slightly darker irrorations; a subterminal fine
violaceous line, wavy towards anal angle; the apex to vein 6 violaceous. Ex-
panse 15 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Hseinalea a!«tota. — Wings brown, the base much and broadly suffused
with blackish scales, except on costal margin of primaries, which is a pale buflF to
apex; abroad median blackish shade; a similar dentate subterminal baud suf-
fusing with marginal dark blotches above the inner angle. Underneath pale
brown, without markings. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela.
Hienialea virgota. — Body whitish, vertex roseate brown. Wings white,
finely irrorated with grey scales; a faint outer and subterminal greyish shade;
primaries with an inner oblique but distinct sbade, and the cost.il margin finely
yellow; discal spot almost imperceptible. Underneath silvery white. Expanse
20 mm.
Hab. — Jamaica.
Hseinalea caparia. — Head brown. Collar and thorax grey. Primaries:
base, costal margin and apex light grey, otherwise violaceous brown, and thinly
irrorated with black scales; the dark portion is separated from the pale color by
a wavy line extending from the inner margin at one-fifth from the base, obliquely
and slightly wavy to the costal margin at two-thirds from base, and terminating
in a brown sliade on costa; from this point a white line forms a large curve to
below vein 2, close to the outer margin, and is outwardly bordered with an oliva-
ceous brown dentate shade, terminating on the finely lilacine outer margin ; a
terminal black line; a lilacine streak in cell. Secondaries: extreme base grey,
otherwise paler brown to subterminal white wavy line, irrorated with dark brown
-scales; the subterminal followed by a dentate olivaceous brown shade, terminat-
ing on the lilacine outer margin ; a terminal black line. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Closely allied to Euphyra admirabllls Obt.
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Eois malvina.— Wings pale huff, with a few scattered hlack scales. Pri-
maries: the costa thickly irrorated with hlack, its extreme edge finely brown ; a
faint median brown line ; a black streak at end of cell ; an oblique black line
from costa before apex to outer margin at vein 3; outwardly shaded with viola-
ceous grev, and enclosing a small subapical buff space; the outer margin finely
black; at inner angle a small triangular violaceous grey spot; fringe reddish
brown, darkest at its base. Secondaries pule huff; a black discal spot; the me-
dian and terminal line as on primaries; the latter inwardly shaded with violac-
eous grey • fringe reddisli brown. Underneath primaries shaded with black in
cell and'at inner angle; the costa, veins and apex reddish brown. Secondaries
pale yellow; a black discal point and some black shadings at apex ; fringe red-
dish brown. Expanse 13 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Eois com plexaria.— Abdomen white, with subdorsal black spots. Wings
white with a few black scales scattered on veins; a terminal dark brown line:
fringe' li-ht brown. Primaries: costa finely reddish brown ; in cell two blackish
spots foUowed by a broad transverse black streak ; below median vein two large
blackish spots; a fine reddish brown line connects the discal streak and outer spot
below the median vein ; a wavy outer line, partly dark brown, and partly red-
rish brown, followed by a dark spot on inner margin, and by a subterminal wavy
brown shade between veins 3 and 7. Secondaries: an inner and an outer fine
reddish brown line; a reddish brown discal spot, and a few subterminal reddish
brown shadings. Expanse 21 mm. ^
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Eois cosymbiata.-Wings greyish brown ; the outer margin violaceous,
irrorated with roseate scales; black discal points; median and outer fine roseate
Hues- a basal and inner roseate line on primaries; the fringe greyish brown,
tinged with roseateat its base. Underneath brown, with traces of a median black
line. Expanse 16 mm.
iJa6.— Castro, Parana.
Eois OChraria.-Body and wings ochreous. irrorated with red scales:
traces of inner, median and outer lines; also a marginal shade, and a subterminal
line on primaries ; the terminal line and fringe violaceous red. In one of four
specimens the markings are all very distinct ; discal spots reddish. Underneath
ochreous. with the lines as above, except the inner line. Expanse 14 mm.
Hab.— Castro, Parana.
Eois ineanata.-CoUar brown. Vertex and body white; the abdomen
with some dorsal brown spots. Wings white, thinly irrorated with brown and
black scales; a terminal black line ; fringe pale brown. Primaries: an '^ner row
of small brown spots ; a median, wavy, reddish brown line, crossing a fine black
discal streak; a wavy subterminal black line, interrupted between veins 2 and 3,
and followed by brown semilunar spots ; a few subapical brown spots ; costa hnely
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reddish brown. Secondaries: an inner and an outer, fine, wavy, reddish brown
line; a blank discal point; some suhterminal reddisli brown blotches. Expanse
19 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
Roi!i$ cumaiia. — Vertex white; collar brown. Abdomen greyish, with
triangnlar white dorsal spots. Wings white, thinly irrorated with brown scales;
a wavy, fine browu, inner and an outer line: black discal points; a terminal
blackish line; fringe white, spotted with brown. Primaries with the costa finely
brown, and a wavy suhterminal brown line. Expanse 19 mm.
Hub. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Eois inacouina. — Body brown ; vertex and patagiaj white. Wings white,
with a few scattered black scales ; a terminal dark line, followed by spots at base
of fringe; lines and discal spots orange, irrorated with black; a wavy inner
line; a similar outer line; an angular and irregular suhterminal shade. On pri-
maries a median line starting from costa beyond discal point, inwardly curved
within the discal spot and base; outwardly curved to vein 2, then inwardly
curved to inner margin ; the costa of primaries finely orange. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Peru, Aroa, Venezuela.
Eois basinta. — Wings and fringe pale bufl"; a broad suhterminal, wavy,
violaceous baud. Primaries with a basal, violaceous space, extending for one-
third of its length on costa, and outwardly slightly curved to base of inner mar-
gin. Secondaries with a dark discal point. Underneath with the markings more
reddish and discal points on both wings. Expanse 15 mm.
Hab. — Oaxaca, Mexico.
Eois boriiiita. — Wings mottled white and brown, and thi<rkly irrorated
with l)Iack scales; black discal points; a fine, wavy, black, outer line; a terminal
black interrupted line. Underneath greyish ; discal points; an outer punctiform
line. Expanse 15 mm.
JEfa6.— Jamaica.
Eois cocaria. — Wings and fringe pale grey, irrorated with black scales;
black discal points, followed by a thick black median line, and a finer, wavy,
outer line; a less distinct suhterminal shade; an interrupted, faint, terminal
line; on primaries a curved black inner line. Underneath the primaries are
more suffused with black, and the outer line is almost as heavy as the median
line. Expanse 14 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
lu some specimens the outer line is more punctiform. The spe-
cies is allied to E. ossnlaria Hbn.
Eois peiieMta. — Primaries buff; a median and outer small brown spot on
costa; traces of a median dark band on inner margin extending in a fine line
towards vein 5; the outer margin broadly shaded with pale violac^eous: terminal
dark points at veins; fringe buff; a broad median transverse dark biovvn band;
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the outer margin as oti primaries. Underneath buff, shaded with roseate; dark-
est subterminally. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Petropolis.
Eois elliina. — Primaries grey : the costa iri'orated with darker scales ; the
rest of the vvinjj irrorated with roseate scales; in the cell two small superposed
semi-transparent spots, preceded by a yellow shade; very indistinct, inner, outer
and subterminal angular lines; the outer margin narrowly and fringe yellow.
Secondaries similar. Underneath luteous; the primaries shaded with roseate.
Some specimens are more thickly irrorated with roseate than others. Expanse
19 mm.
Hab. -Cordova, Jalapa, Mexico.
Ptyetiopoda celtima.— Wings buff, irrorated with black scales; black
discal points; an inner wavy and an outer lunulat- black line; an interrupted
black terminal line; the inner line is very close to discal spot on primaries. Un-
derneath similar, hut shaded with brown on outer margin. In some specimens
the outer margin above is thickly irrorated with black scales. Expanse 13 mm.
Hah. — Orizaba, Mexico.
l'tychopo<la luiiiaria. — Wings dull yellow ; the outer margin broadly
shaded with roseate; an inner and an outer wavy roseate line; dark red discal
spots; on primaries the basal half of costa is roseate, and a median roseate line
crosses the discal spot; a terininal row of dark red spots; fringe dull yellow.
Underneath the markings are duller. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab. — ^ao Paulo.
Ptychopoda paraiiaria. — Wings bright ochreous, thinly irrorated with
reddish scales; a median violaceous line crossing the slightly darker discal spots;
an outer, slightly wavy, violaceous line; a terminal darker line, interrupted by
the veins; on primaries an inner, curved, violaceous line. Underneath bright
yellow, the outer line more heavily marked than on upper surface. Expanse
15 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Ptycliopoda ? jugaria. — Wings grey, irrorated with brown scales; a
wavy, inner and an outer dark and distinct line; a terminal, interrupted black
line ; on primaries a dark shade on costa extending to the black discal point. In
this species the antennae are finely ciliate. The secondaries are produced and
rounded at veins 2 and 3, and there is a raised tuft of hair on costal margin below.
There are very long tufts of hair on hind tibia. Expanse 17 mm.
Hab. —Jalapa, Mexico.
Ptychopoda jalapata. — Wings pale buff, irrorated with gray and black
scales; a faint median shade; an outer distinct dark line; an interrupted termi-
nal black line; a faint subterminal snade ; discal spot minute on secondaries;
larger on primaries, and surmounted by a dark costal shade. Expanse 16 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
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I'tycliopoda iridaria. — Wings dark buff, irrorated with darker scales;
the outer luargin violaceous hrowii, iridescent, with terminal dark bufT spots be-
tween the veins, and which are largest at apex of primaries; black discal points:
a faint median line; on primaries also an inner line. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Jalapa, Mexico.
Hyi'ia lilliaiia. — Primaries: the cell and costal margin broadly olivaceous
grey ; two-thirds of the base of the wing, below the median vein, violaceous ; the
outer third from inner margin to vein 3 brig^it yellow, above vein 3 to apex the
outer margin is narrowly yellow ; a black discal spot; beyond the cell a small
yellow space, and then a violaceous subterminal spot from vein 3 to vein 6; a few
dark scales scattered over the wing; terminal dark j)oints; fringe yellow. Sec-
ondaries violaceous ; the outer margin yellow, slightly wider at apex than at anal
angle; a wavy yellow outer line from inner margin towards apex ; terminal dark
points. Underneath similar but dullei'. Expanse 11 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
In this .species tlie primaries are acute, the .secondaries rather long
and rounded.
Hyria niaiidina. — Body violet; wings violet, with a darker inner wavy
line. Primaries: the outer margin from apex to vein 3 yellow; below vein 3 a
large triangular yellow space; the fringe yellow; a wavy dark outer line, out-
wardly shaded with yellowish from costa to vein 3. Secondaries with the outer
margin broadly yellow, but narrower to anal angle ; fringe yellow ; terminal dark
points on primaries only. Expanse 14 mm.
i/a6.— Trinidad.
The secondaries are evenly rounded.
Ilyria geinina. — Head and body brown ; collar yellow. Wings violaceous.
Primaries: the basal two-thirds of costa yellow; the outer margin finely yellow ;
a small triangular yellow space at inner angle; a wavy subterminal yellow line;
fringe yellow, with large reddish blotches at veins 2 and 3. Secondaries: the
outer margin finely yellow ; a subterminal wavy yellow line ; fringe yellow, with
reddish blotch between veins 3 and 4; the secondaries are evenly rounded, but
have the appearance of being angled on account of the dark spot on fringes. Ex-
panse 7 mm.
Hab. —Orizaba, Mexico.
Hyria dividaria. — Primaries violaceous, becoming darker outwardly ; a
large yellow space occupies the outer margin, from inner angle obliquely to cell
and then along vein 6 to outer margin ; terminal dark points. Secondaries vio-
laceous, becoming darker at the outer margin, which is narrowly and evenly yel-
low ; on inner margin traces of a darker transverse line; fringe yellow. Ex-
panse 12 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Secondaries rather long, rounded.
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Hyria ellisca.— Head and collar greyish. Thorax and basal half of abdo-
men dark violaceous; end of abdomen reddish brown. Primaries pale yellow; a
black discal point; a few scattered dark scales: the inner marfrin to near angle
with iridescent, violaceous scales and crossed by dark velvety brown lines; ter-
minal dark points. Secondaries mottled with reddish brown, leaving a pale yel-
low streak from base and a large pale spot near the inner margin ; a dark spot
beyond the cell ; the outer margin broadly at anal angle, mottled with violaceous ;
fringe yellow; terminal dai'k points. Expanse 15 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
Secondaries long, rounded.
Hyria. violeisiceiis. — Body and wings bright violaceous; the outer mar-
gins and fringe yellow. On the primaries the violaceous projects out to fringe at
vein 3, leaving the outer margin narrowly yellow to apex, and at the inner an-
gle a small triangular yellow space. The secondaries are deeply angled at vein
4, and the outer margin is only narrowly yellow to apex ; from vein 4 to anal
angle the violaceous extends to the base of fringe. Expanse 18 mm.
i:ra6. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Hyria radaria. — Wings violaceous roseate. Primaries: the costa suffused
with dark grey; a broad median yellow hand on inner margin, narrowing in cell
and not reaching costa; the dark sh^de extending between veins 3 and 4 on to
fringe, which is otherwise yellow : above vein 4 the outer margin is narrowly
yellow, and beyond the cell there is some yellow between veins 5 and 6 ; a trian-
gular yellow space at inner angle containing a red spot. Secondaries: a broad
yellow median space from costa not quite touching the inner margin ; some yel-
low subterminal and terminal spots. Expanse 15 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Hyria afrwfla. — Wings deep yellow, irrorated with violaceous red scales,
which are somewhat iridescent, and form a broad median band on both wings;
the outer margins are broadly the same color, and are irregularly spotted with
deep yellow; the fringe reddish grey. Expanse 14 mm.
Hab. — Petropolis.
LaRENTIINjE.
Heterusia brnmalis. — Wings dark brown ; the fringe spotted with
white between the veins; on costa of primaries some yellowish white transverse
streaks, the one beyond the cell being most conspicuous. Underneath a subapical
greyish streak. The secondaries irrorated with lilacine scales; a white spot in
the cell. Expanse 25 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
Heterusia acotliysta.— Head, collar and patagia? reddish brown ; thorax
and abdomen greyish black; palpi below and legs yellow. Wings above black,
tinged with grey on basal half; some white hairs in fringe; on the primaries a
large, oval, oblique white spot beyond the cell. Underneath primaries greyish
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black; the costa and apex broadly reddish brown; the costa also striated with
grey; the white spot as above. Secondaries reddish brown, striated with lilacine
grey — especially on anal lialf of the outer margin. Expanse 26 mm.
Hah. — Castro, Paraiui.
Near Heterusia mortipax Butl.
HeteruMia jstina/icensis. — Head and collar brown. Thorax grey; abdo-
men grey above; reddish brown laterally. Palpi below and legs yellow Wings
above lilack ; the primaries with an oblique white band from costa to vein 2 near
outer margin. Primaries underneath black, the costa narrowly, and the entire
space beyond the white band reddish brown : the costa and cell striated with
lilacine grey. Secondaries underneath reddish brown ; a round grey spot iu.cell ;
some grey strife chiefly at anal angle. Expanse 28 mm.
Hub. — Jamaica.
Erateina. cachara. — Very similar in ajjpearance to Erateina pohliafa
Feld. The white spot on primaries is broader, and the spot on secondaries is
crossed by white veins. Underneath the spe(;ies differs in having a marginal row
of white spots on secondaries in place of the white line. Expanse 29 mm.
Hab. — Jala pa, Mexico.
Ainaiirinia peruviensis. — Head brown; vertex white; body green.
Wings bluish green. Primaries: the costa finely bufl^, with darker spots; a fine
black discal point; traces of an inner and subterminal pale line; an outer pale
line more distinct; a fine terminal dark line; fringe buff. Secondaries similar,
without the inner line. Underneath greenish white. Primaries with a broad
dark outer shade, followed by three wavy lines. Secondaries with a faint me-
dian and outer line. Expanse 23 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
Cainbogia coloraria. — Body orange; vertex white. Wings orange,
crossed by numerous dull reddish, lunular lines; a black point in the cells. Pri-
maries : a fine black basal line ; a hardly perceptible black inner line, much inter-
rupted ; a black outer shade most heavily marked between veins 3 and 5, distinct
from vein 2 to inner margin, consisting of small black spots above vein 5 to costa ;
terminal black points at veins. Secondaries with the outer black shade very
irregular. Underneath fawn color, with faint traces of the markings of the
upper surface Expanse 25 mm.
Ifa6. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Canibogia costalaria. — Head yellow; vertex white. Collar black.
Abdomen yellow, with transverse reddish markings. Wings yellow, thickly
irrorated with reddish, forming indistinct subterminal lines; black discal points;
an outer transverse, broad, black wavy line; from discal points to outer margin
along veins 4 a black streak. Primaries with the costal maigin black, with a few-
yellow spots. Underneath luteous, with the markings less distinct. Expanse
18 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
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Cambodia platearia.— Wings bright yellow ; the lines violaceous, irro-
rated with metallic scales: basal spots; the inner line geminate and present on
primaries only; the median line very wavy, geminate; the outer line single,
wavy, partly preceded by a straight fine line ; the subterminal interrupted partly
by the veins; a terminal line interrupted by the veins. Underneath yellow ; the
lines red, more heavily marked ; the outer and terminal lines on the primaries
suffusing. Expanse 19 mm.
Hah. — Sao Paulo.
Secondaries rounded.
Cambogia singularia.— Wings olivaceous buff. Primaries: a black
discal point; some dark streaks on costa ; an outer dark band consisting of coa-
lescent lines, outwardly shaded with deep violaceous between veins 3 and 7, and
followed to outer margin by a dark shade between veins 3 and 4; dark subtermi-
nal spots between the veins; a terminal dark line. Secondaries with a darker
basal line; a black discal point, followed by three dark lines coalescing on inner
margin. The secondaries are angled and denticulate. Expanse 19 mm.
Hcib.—Sao Paulo.
Caiubogia nacara.— Wings brown, faintly tinged with violaceous; the
lines faintly darker and hardly perceptible ; the most conspicuous being a fine
wavy black outer line ; black discal points. Underneath pale violaceous, with
black discal points, and fine, outer, dark line ; also a geminate basal line on pri-
maries. The apex of primaries is acute ; the secondaries slightly crenulate. Ex-
panse 24 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Cambogia lialtima.— Head ochreous red. Body violaceous. Wings
dark silvery grey. Primaries: a basal and geminate inner reddish line, the lat-
ter followed by a large bright yellow spot on costa; the outer line reddish, gemi-
nate, filled in "with bright yellow, especially on costa and above inner margin ; a
subterminal dark line, partly red. starting from a yellow costal spot. Secondaries
with a narrow yellow median line broadly edged with red ; an outer and a sub-
terminal red line. Underneath primaries paler grey, with an outer yellow band.
Secondaries dull yellowish, with three grey transverse lines. Expanse 20 nun.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Cambogia hermosaria.— Vertex buff. Collar and thorax grey. Abdo-
men violaceous at base, then reddish above, yellow below. Primaries dark grey ;
the costa streaked with reddish at base, then with large bright yellow spots; an
inner geminate curved line, olivaceous brown; a darker outer line; the outer
margin broadly bright yellow, mottled with red. Secondaries dark grey at the
base, outwardly shaded with red, and followed by a bright yellow median band ;
beyond this the wing is deep red ; the outer margin mottled with yellow; fringe
yellow. Underneath duller. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
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Cainbo};iH aiiiar.yllHriH. — Wings bright vellow, with black discal
poiuts. Primaries: .some indistinct pale red markings at the base; an indistinct
reddish outer band, terminating in a large violaceous spot on the inner margin ;
a subterminal violaceous band, irrorated with iridescent scales, and followed by
some indistinct reddish spots; fringe yellow. Secondaries: a reddish spot at the
base; a reddish median baud; the subterminal band broader than on i)rimaries
and partly geminate. Underneath pale yellow, with the subterminal line nar-
rower. Expanse 19 mm.
Ha b.- Sao Paulo.
Caiiibogia iii^abeila. — Primaries yellow on basal half, crossed before the
black discal spot by four wavy, metallic grey lines; the outer half violaceous
brown, crossed by three broader metallic grey lines; the first beyond the discal
spot terminating in a black spot on the inner margin ; the outer margin yellow ;
the fringe yellow. Secondaries yellow; a basal, median and broad subterminal
violaceous brown band, irrorated with metallic grey scales; the outer margin and
fringe yellow; traces of a narrow outer line on the inner margin ; a black discal
spot. Underneath primaries violaceous; the outer margin yellow. Secondaries
yellowish, with traces of the lines as above. Black discal points on both wings.
Expanse 17 mm.
Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico,
Cauibogia toporata. — Primaries acute and angled at vein 4. Second-
aries angled and cienulate. Primaries: base and outer margin bright yellow; the
base much suffused with dark brown, and crossed by geminate lunular lines, in-
wardly curved ; the median space paler yellow, on which the black discal point
is distinct, and crossed by brown lines towards inner margin ; an outer broad,
brown band consisting of three lines below vein 3, and above it coalescent and
extending to apex, which, together with costa, is spotted with yellow; the outer
space crossed by a geminate subterminal lunular line, the lunules outwardly
curved; a dark terminal line; fringe yellow, streaked with brown at veins 3, 4,
7 and apex. Secondaries marked as primaries, only the outer baud consists of
three lines, the inner one evenly curved, the other two lunular. Underneath
pale buff; the markings indistinct. Vertex yellow. Collar dark brown ; thorax
yellow; abdomen yellow; basal and last segment brown ; a brown sj>ot on anal
tuft. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
C'ainbo^fia <»livaria. — Primaries pale olivaceous, mottled with yellow
before inner angle and above vein 4 subterminally ; faint traces of reddish outer
and subterminal lines; a violaceous discal point; a crenulate terminal violaceous
line; fringe yellow, brightest at its base; a violaceous spot on fringe between
veins 3 and 4. Secondaries with basal half pale olivaceous; outer half yellow,
on which four reddish lines are faintly visible; terminal line and fringe as on
primaries; a minute discal point. The sjjots on fringe give the wings the appear-
ance of being angled. Underneath the primaries are reddish ; the inner margin
yellow. The secondaries yellow, with transverse red lines; discal poiuts viola-
ceous. Expanse 21 mm.
Hab. —Sao Paulo.
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Cainbogia, siguaria. — Primaries deep yellow, shaded with violaceous
red, forininfj a hroad outer band, and narrow subterminal shade; also an indis-
tinct inner line; the costa mottled with grey, and spotted with bright yellow ; dis-
cal point black ; the outer band black on inner margin and between veins 3 and
4, where it is followed by a dark shade to outer margin ; a terminal row of black
spots. Secondaries deep yellow, mottled with violaceous red on outer half of
wing; discal point velvety black; outer band broad, also black; terminal black
points. Underneath pale yellowish red ; the markings less distinct. Expanse
21 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
The secondaries are evenly rounded.
Caiiibogia reticulata. — Wings yellow, with transverse violaceous brown
lines; the three lines beyond the black discal points very close together and giv-
ing the appearance of a dark band. On the costal margin of primaries the lines
are thicker and partly coalescent; vein 4 on primaries is finely streaked with
violaceous to outer margin; a terminal violaceous line; fringe yellow, spotted
with violaceous at veins. Underneath luteous, the markings as above, but paler.
Expanse 20 mm.
Hah. — Bolivia.
The apex of primaries is rather acute, and the secondaries are
slightly angled.
Canibogia clenlerata.^Wings bright yellow, with violaceous brown
markings. Primaries: a basal row of spots; an inner geminate curved line, in-
terrupted by the veins; a broad shade beyond the cell, geminate on costa, fol-
lowed by a geminate wavy line; a subterminal row of spots between the veins ; a
terminal line, interrupted by the veins. Secondaries with geminate, inner, outer
and suliterrainal wavy, interrupted lines, and a fine interrupted terminal line.
All the lines more or less irrorate with bright metallic scales. Underneath lute-
ous, the secondaries with roseate broken lines; the primaries much suffused with
roseate, especially on costal half, and with outer and subterminal yellowish
lines. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab. — Bolivia.
Canibogia ? noctilaria. — Wings deep violaceous, slightly irrorated
with white; a reddish brown space on primaries from vein 3 to costa, and from
outer to subterminal line. Primaries: costa finely reddish brown, striated with
black ; an inner wavy white line outwardly shaded with reddish brown ; an outer
wavy white line inwardly shaded with reddish brown ; a wavy subterminal white
line; a dark terminal line; fringe violaceous at base, outwardly light reddish
brown. Secondaries with only the outer line, less distinct than on primaries, and
faint tr.aces of the subterminal ; terminal line and fringe as on primaries. Under-
neath primaries with the base and inner margin broadly dark grey; the apical
portion light reddish brown. Secondaries lighter grey, with a pale outer line
shaded on either side with darker grey and a pale subterminal line. Expan-se
21 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo.
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l*i«»ro<*y|>lia Jnaiiaria.— Primaries olivaceous; the lines thick, black;
the basal and inner lines curved ; the onter line sinuate, dentate, and followed by
indistinct lines, and a dark space between veins 4 and 6; the subniarginal line
paler, lunular; a terminal black interrupted line. Secondaries dark brown ; the
fringe reddish, indistinct median and outer darker shades; a broken terminal
black line at anal angle. Underneath flesh color; black discal spots; an outer
fine black line angled on primaries at vein 4; a broad submarginal black band,
widest on {irimaries between veins 4 and 7. Expanse 31 mm.
Hab. —Faso de San Juan, Mexico; Aroa, Venezuela.
This species can be better identified by the under surface which
does not vary. The primaries above vary to the same extent as P.
defensata Wlk.
Pterocypha riifoinargiiiata. — Primaries olive brown, crossed by a
basal, inner and outer band somewhat darker; the basal band edged on either
side with black, straight; the inner band inwardly edged with black ; the outer
band outwardly edged with black, and is inwardly curved above and below vein
4; the outer band followed by some indistinct, dark, dentate lines; a subapical
black streak; subtenniual white spots from angle to vein 6; the median space
containing a large black discal spot; a terminal l)lack line; dark spots on fringe.
Secondaries dark grey ; the anal half of outer margin shaded broadly with red ;
three outer rows of fine dark lines, punctiform on veins. Underneath grey to
outer line, which is broad, black and angled at vein 4; beyond, the wings are
white, with broad black submarginal bands. Expanse 38-47 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
PterocypUa tabascana. — Head and thorax brown ; an olive-green spot
posteriorly on latter. Abdomen olive-green, with black spots posteriorly on seg-
ments. Primaries: base olive-brown ; median space olive green, thickly irrorated
with lilacine scales, except in cell and on costa above cell, where there is a large
semilunar dark brown space; the median space is crossed by fine green, geminate
inner lines, then by three annular green spots below the cell, and again by a fine
green Hue, terminating in the dark costal space; the outer line geminate, fol-
lowed by three rows of small spots on veins, all this space being also irrorated
with lilacine scales; the terminal space olive-green, crossed by a subterminal
white line; a terminal black line. Secondaries brown ; the outer mai'gin daikest
and irrorated with lilacine; distinct traces of geminate, median and outer lines;
subterminal dark shadings. Underneath pale fawn color, the outer margins
broadly black: the apex of primaries and extreme outer margin of secondaries
pale fawn color; a subterminal row of white spots; black discal points; three in-
distinct dark median lines. Expanse 39 mm.
Ha6. —Tabasco, Mexico.
Th(' underside is similar to P. cometes Druce.
I'terocyplia <'haina. — Body light brown, the abdomen with darker dor-
sal markings. Primaries light greyish brown; the base and outer margin brown ;
the lines dark greyish brown ; the basal space followed by two lines; the inner
band consisting of three lines, the one towards the base being the heaviest; tlie
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outer band consisting of three lines, the outer line bein? the heaviest, and this
is followed by two wavy lines and a finely dentate line ; a whitish subterniinal
line; a dark velvety streak from vein 6 to outer margin below apex ; a terminal
black line. Secondaries duller brown ; geminate outer and a subterniinal lighter
brown line; some blackish streaks on inner margin, and dark median sagittate
spots not reaching costa. Underneath whitish; black discal spots; three'dark
outer lines. Primaries with outer margin broadly black ; a white space at apex,
and subterniinal whitish spots. Secondaries with a broad subterminal blackish
band. Expanse 42 mm.
Hah. — Paraguay.
Rhopalista improbaria.— Primaries brown, with darker lines; a dark
line at base ; the basal band consisting of three lines, the last outwardly edged
with grey, then followed by three fine indistinct lines, again by a buff line which
is divided by a blackish line; the median band formed by three lines, suffusing
on inner margin to form a dark spot; discal spot linear, dark, edged with buff;
outer line triplicate, followed by a buff line, oblique from costa, outwardly curved
at vein 4, then wavy to inner margin ; this buff line divided by a dark line and
inwardly shaded with velvety brown ; subterminal line consisting of white spots
above veins 4; below it lunular, brownish buff; a terminal interrupted black
line and dark blotches on fringe. Secondaries dark brown ; a terminal dark line,
interrupted by huff spots on veins; anal fold buff, with reddish hairs. Under-
neath buff, thickly irrorated with black; a subterminal black band, widest from
vein 4 to costa on primaries; black discal points and traces of outer line. Ex-
panse 30 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Rhopalista vanonaria. — Primaries green, the lines olive brownish ;
basal line geminate, followed by a single, finer line; inner line heavy geminate,
followed by two finer lines; median line thick, containing a black spot at base of
vein 2; a dark cell spot; outer line thick, geminate, followed by a finer line,
punctiform on veins, then by some dark spots on veins from vein 3 to costa, and
again by a finer vein, geminate towards costa; subterminal dark blotches between
the veins, and a paler green interrupted line; geminate black spots terminally.
Secondaries blackish; a whitish spot in anal fold. Underneath: primaries
blackish ; a white spot at apex ; inner margin whitish ; traces of three dark lines
beyond cell ; the costa dark fawn color for two-thirds from base. Secondaries
dark brownish, with faint traces of outer lines. Expanse 39 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
RliO|>ali!«ta repaiidaria. — Primaries dull brownish green, crossed by
black lines; l)asal line geminate, followed by a fine line, sometimes also geminate ;
the inner band consisting of three lines, the inner one most heavily marked, the
outer one usually coalescing with the outer band below the discal spot; the outer
line geminate, closely followed by a heavier line, which bulges outwardly on
veins 3 and 4, and is followed by a very fine line; the subterniinal consisting of
three lines, most heavily marked between veins 3 and 5; a terminal interrupted
dark line; dark blotches on fringe at veins. Secondaries brown, almost black on
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outer margin; a subterminal reddish line at anal angle; a terminal black line;
base of fringe reddish. Underneath yellowish buff, tlie outer margin broadly
black; diseal spots black, conspicuous. Primaries with outer lines coalescing
partly, not visible below vein 2 ; apex buff; some subterminal whitish spots below
vein 4. Secondaries with three fine outer lines, the outer one very dentate, more
heavily marked and coalescing with the central line beyond the cell. Expanse
33 mm.
Hab. — Rio Janeiro; Castro, Parana ; Aroa, Venezuela ; Paraguay.
Haniinaptera trujillaria. — Body greenish, with black transverse
lines on abdomen. Primaries with the basal two-thirds brownish, crossed by
darker lines; the extreme base and an inner line pale green; the outer portion
of this space projecting at vein 4 and followed by a broad green shade, limited by
a lunuiar, geminate, black line, partly filled in and outwardly shaded with light
reddish brown; traces of a still paler subterminal line, and dark terminal shad-
ings between the veins, except between 6 and 8. Secondaries blackish brown ; a
fine interrupted black terminal line. Underneath blackish grey; primaries with
a whitish outer band from costa to vein 4 ; a white terminal spot between veins
3 and 4 ; the apex white ; subterminal white dots between the veins ; a black dis-
eal point. Secondaries with a black diseal point and traces of three dark outer
lines; the outer margin darker, with whitish subterminal spots. Expanse 32 mm.
Hab. ■ Orizaba, Mexico.
Haiiiinaptera triiiitaria. — Primaries light olivaceous green, mottled
with white beyond the outer line and about the inner angle; an indistinct black
basal line, outwardly shaded with white and followed by some brownish mot-
tlings; the median line black, geminate, partly interrupted and shaded with
darker green ; the outer line black, projecting and thickened between veins 2 and
4; a subterminal whitish shade, preceded by a small black spot between veins 4
and 5; an interrupted terminal black line. Secondaries white, irrorated with
black on the inner margin, where there are traces of a dark outer and subtermi-
nal line. Underneath whitish; the cell of the primaries shaded with black: a
subapical black spot from costa to outer margin. Secondaries irrorated with
black; outer margin black ; a black outer line and diseal spot. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Tri n idad.
Allied to H. jmllidipass Warr.
Haniinaptera siibro««ea. — Body green, with black dorsal spots on ab-
domen. Primaries green; a curved black basal line; an inner darker green
shade starting from a black costal spot; the median and outer black lines meet-
ing in the cell and forming to inner nuirgin contiguous annular spots, edged with
golden brown and filled in with greyish scales; this is followed by some darker
lines, an.i geminate dentate subterminal black spots, irregular and incomplete ;
all the black markings are more or less edged with golden brown ; a terminal
dark line, interrupted at and between the veins; fringe green, spotted with
brown. Secondaries dark blackish brown ; the fringe dark roseate, spotted with
black. Underneath the wings are dark roseate; black diseal points; a broad
black outer line; the outer margin of primaries broadly black; a subterminal
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black line on secondaries; fringe dark roseate, spotted with black on primaries
only. Expanse 30 mm.
iZ^a 6.— Coatepec, Mexico.
Haminaptera crocaria.— Primaries mottled brown and olivaceous;
the base greenish buff; a straight black basal line, followed by a geminate, wavy,
finer line; the inner line oblique to median vein, then wavy and geminate on
costa and inner margin, coalescing below the cell with the outer band which is
olivaceous, bordered with black and divided by a finer dark line : the outer band
is wavy, not angled, and is followed by a whitish shade, thickly irrorated with
pinkish buff, crossed by a dark line; a pale subterminal line, broadly shaded
with black on costa at veins 4 and 5, and above inner angle ; a terminal black
line, interrupted by the veins ; fringe spotted with black. Secondaries whitish,
broadly shaded with brown along inner margin ; the lines of underside showing
through ; a terminal dark line ; some dark spots on fringes. Underneath prima-
ries white, irrorated with black scales to outer black line; a subapical black band
and subterminal black line. Secondaries white, irrorated with black : an outer
and subterminal black line ; discal spots distinct. Expanse 37 mm.
Hub. — Castro, Parana; Paraguay.
The primaries are very similar to H. subguttaria H. S.; but the
secondaries and underside are very distinct.
Haminaptera halisma.— Primaries brown, crossed by fine, very indis-
tinct darker lines ; a paler basal line ; a broad, wavy, whitish outer band, divided
by a darker line, and outwardly shaded with olivaceous; a greyish subapical
streak and some grey scales on outer margin ; the subterminal line lunulnr, paler
brown ■ an interrupted black terminal line ; fringe brown, spotted with black at
veins. Secondaries whitish, clouded with black at base; fringe and a terminal
line on anal half of outer margin dark brown ; fringe on apical half white.
Underneath primaries blackish ; a white outer band and subterminal white spots.
Secondaries whitish, irrorated with dark brown scales and faint traces of median,
outer and subterminal lines ; discal spots distinct. Expanse 27 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
Haminaptera eocama.— Primaries white, thickly irrorated with oli-
vaceous scales; the lines olivaceous, the basal lines coalescing; the inner band
consisting of four lines; the median space whiter; the discal spot linear, very
distinct; the outer band triplicate, filled in with olivaceous scales, and followed
by a whitish space, which is crossed by two lines; the subterminal space above
vein 4 darker, crossed by a dentate white line ; dark olivaceous terminal spots on
either side of veins ; base of fringe buff, otherwise white. Secondaries white; a
terminal dark line: dark scales on inner margin. Underneath whitish ; prima-
ries with a large apical black speck; the apical point white; dark outer shade
from cell to costa ; dark streaks on outer margin at veins 2 and 3. Secondaries
with a terminal dark line, and some dark scales on costal margin. Expanse
.33 mm.
Hab. — Peru.
Allied to H. kirshioides Dogn., but quite different in color.
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270 W. SCHAUS.
Ilitininapf era gemirina.— Primanes: base greenish buflf: the basal
liaiid consisting of tliree dark brown lines, followed by a paler space, crossed by
two brownish lines ; the median space, greenish brown ; the inner and outer bands
consisting each of three dark brown lines; the discal line on a paler space ex-
tending to costa; the outer band is outwardly shaded with white, followed by a
greyish space on which is a pale brown line, and again a heavier blackish oblique
line from costa to vein 4 ; the subterminal shade reddish brown, geminate, form-
ing a large blotch between 4 and 6, and outwardly limited by an indistinct lunu-
lar pale line, beyond which there are small black spots between the veins ; termi-
nal black spots above and below veins; base of fringe reddish, with dark blotches
on veins. Secondaries whitish ; the inner margin and apex black. Underneath
primaries whitish ; the outer lines coalescing, black ; a broad black band subapi-
cally, and the space between veins 2 and 4 black, leaving a white spot on outer
margin. Secondaries whitish, dusted with black ; apical half of outer margin
black, and a black streak on inner margin. Expanse 32 mm.
Hah. — Peru.
Allied to H. combnstaria H. S. ; the outer liue hardly bulgiug,
however.
Cidaria yerba. — %. Body green, spotted with black. Primaries dark
green; a basal black baud, partly geminate; an inner narrow black shade; a
broad median black band, geminate on costa; a minute black discal point; an
outer black line, followed by a broad black band, the outer edge of which is out-
wardly lunular between the veins and projects considerably between veins 3 and
4; some subterminal dark blotches partly connected by an irregular black line;
a terminal black line interrupted at and between the veins; fringe green. Sec-
ondaries whitish ; some dark scales along the inner margin ; traces of an outer
and a subterminal black line on inner margin : some dark subterminal shadings
between the veins ; terminal line and fringe as on primaries. Underneath pri-
maries grey, somewhat olivaceous on costa: traces of an outer buif shade from
costa to vein 3; a black discal point. Secondaries whitish, irrorated- with grey;
a black discal point; a faint median and indistinct outer black band ; some sub-
terminal black markings. Expanse 30 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
C'idaria adexitata.— Body green above, trrey underneath. Primaries :
basal third pea-green; basal triple reddish brown line, oblique from costa; other
dark mottlings on costa; median space green on costa. cro.ssed by dark veins;
below costa blackish, thickly irrorated with bright reddish brown scales; termi-
nal space pea-green, mottled with white below vein 5 ; before apex on costa a
reddish brown shade and subterminal whitish line; an interrupted terminal dark
line; fringe spotted with dark grey. Secondaries whitish, thinly irrorated with
black; a black discal spot and interrupted terminal line. Underneath primaries
greyish : the costa and apex somewhat olivaceous, irrorated with darker scales ; a
dark outer line; a dark shade from vein 4 to costa before apex; subterminal
whitish spots. Secondaries whitish, irrorated with grey scales; a black discal
point; traces of an outer and subterminal dark line. Expanse 30 mm.
Hub. —Bolivia.
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Ereboclilora clianiseleonis. — Primaries olive-green, with dull brown
markings; the basal line oblique from costa to inner margin; the inner hand
very broad to submedian vein, but narrow on the inner margin; three median
lines, suffusing on costa, and the middle line very broad in the cell ; an outer row
of large lunular spots, inwardly edged with white near costa and inner margin,
and partly suffusing with large terminal spots; a terminal row of small grey
spots between the veins; fringe dark grey. Secondaries greyish, silky, brown ;
the base of fringe roseate between the veins. Underneath olivaceous grey ; on
primaries an apical white spot, and outer pinkish band from costa to vein 4 ; on
secondaries a wavy whitish outer baud and whitish spots on fringe. Expanse
40 mm.
Hab. — Bolivia.
Hydrionieiie musga.— Primaries olive-green, striated with black; the
inner band broken into sjiots ; dark spots along costa; traces of an outer brown
line; a broad subterminal, brown, lunular line; a brown spot at apex; fringe
with large black spots. Secondaries dark greyish brown. Underneath brownish
grey, with darker outer and subterminal shades on both wings. Expanse 22-
26 mm.
Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico.
Hydriomeiie caralpa. — Primaries olive-green, crossed by black striae;
an inner transverse black band slightly curved inwardly ; some black spots on
costa near and at apex ; a terminal interrupted black line ; fringe greyish brown,
with dark spots. Secondaries brownish grey, darkest on outer margin ; fringe
grey, with dark spots at veins. Underneath grey, thinly irrorated with darker
scales. Expanse 32 mm.
Hab. — Amecanieca, Mexico.
Eiumelesia trappa. — Primaries pale green ; an interrupted fine black,
basal line; a broad black inner band ; a small discal spot; three fine, indistinct
outer lines, rather wide apart, and the last contiguous to a black spot at vein 6,
and a smaller one on costa; this last line also punctiform on veins, and some-
times followed by some black points; the terminal line paler green, hardly visi-
ble and adjoining a black spot on costa; an interrupted terminal black line;
fringe greyish. Secondaries greyish, spotted with black on inner margin. Un-
derneath dark grey, with black discal points. Expanse 23 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Allied to E. aguada Dogn.
Epirrlioe iiiveigiitta. — Body greenish brown. Primaries green ; the
base, inner and outer bands darker ; the median space white ; the base crossed by
three black lines; the inner and outer bands each bordered with black and divi-
ded by a black line : these bands usually are coalescent below the cell leaving a
large white space above extending to costa, and a smaller spot below on inner
margin ; the outer band is outwardly crenulate ; a faint subterminal whitish line
crossing brownish intervenal blotches; a fine black terminal line; fringe brown,
with black spots. Secondaries brownish white, with traces of four crenulate
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272 w. SCHAUS.
lines; a fine terminal black ling; fringe pale, with dark blotches. Underneath
brownish; black discal spots; traces of three outer lines on primaries; on second-
aries four crenulate lines. Expanse 28 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Epirrhoc caleiitaria. — Primaries lilacine grey; the base shaded with
olive-nreeii, limited by a curved line, followed by two curved wavy brown lines;
the inner band broad, curved, olive-green; a black line in the cell; the outer
band consisting of two olive-green lines and a black line, obliquely sinuate from
costa to vein 4, then lunular to inner margin ; tliis line is followed by a fine red-
dish brown line, and then by a dentate blackish line; a subterminal whitish line
at apex ; terminal black points; fringe light brown, with darker spots at veins.
Secondaries yellowish white; terminal dark points near anal angle. Underneath
yellowish white; the apical portion of primaries black ; the apex whitish. Ex-
panse 28 mm.
Hah — Castro, Parana.
Epirrlioe albidaria. — Head, collar and abdomen brownish; thorax
white. Primaries white ; the bands brownish green ; the basal band narrow,
crossed by three darker lines ; the inner and outer bands suffusing, leaving a white
spot in the cell containing the brown discal spot, and two small superposed white
spots on the inner margin ; the inner band coalesces with the basal band on the
inner margin ; the inner and outer bands are crossed by darker crenulate lines;
the latter band being outwardly edged with black and projecting between veins
3 and 4 ; the outer margin is suffused with brownish green, on which the subter-
minal white line is very distinct towards costa. Secondaries creamy white; a
black terminal line and subterminal dai'k spots. Underneath yellowish white;
black discal spots; on primaries four outer crenulate dark lines, and a dark sub-
apical band from costa to vein 4, containing yellowish dots; on secondaries traces
of four lines and a subterminal band. Expanse 29 mm.
Hab. -Siio Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Pliibalapleryx vittulata. — Primaries pale buff; some black spots on
costa; at the base fine reddish brown oblique lines, the last outwardly edged
with white, and followed by three dark brown lines; a brown median shade on
which is the black discal point; two fine outer lines, followed by a broader brown
line, the last outwardly edged with white, and followed by a reddish brown litie,
which is again followed by a row of black spots on the veins ; the terminal sjiace
brownish, divided by a subterminal whitish line; a dark tei'minal line; fringe
buff, tipped with brown. Secondaries whitish, irrorated with brown ; inner and
median geminate lines on inner margin ; subterminal geminate lines and termi-
nal brown shadings to apex. Underneath whitish, irrorated with brown, and
with indistinct transverse lines. Expanse 20 mm.
Hab. — Bolivia.
Pliibalapleryx ciiicla.— Primaries: costal margin reddish buff, finely
edged with black and with some whitish spots; base buff, with geminate black-
ish lines and three light reddish brown lines, the last followed by a fine whitish
line, broadly irrorated outwardly with black scales; a black discal point, followed
AMERICAN LEPIDOPTKRA. li/O
by a wavy brown line, beyond which the outer siiace is broadly reddish brown,
limited by a wliite band, outwardly curved at costa, and inwardly curved above
and below vein 4; this band is crossed by three fine dark brown lines, in part
bordering it; terminal space dark grey, with a dentate, white, subterminal line;
a dark brown terminal line; fringe buff, crossed by a brown shade. Secondaries
whitish, thickly irrorrated with dark grey ; the outer white band and terminal
space as on primaries. Expanse 20 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Fleniyria paraiieiifiiiN. — Primaries greyish, crossed by brown lines;
the costa pale olivaceous brown, with some white and dark brown markings;
three fine oblique brown lines at the base, followed by a broader dark brown
band, somewhat curved and almost touching the black discal spot; an outer,
slightly wavy band, darkest from costa to vein 4, and cros.sed by two darker
lines; this band outwardly edged with white, and followed by three fine lunular
black lines; an indistinct subterminal wl^tish line; a terminal black line. Sec-
ondaries greyish, crossed by numerous brownish lines, most distinct on inner
margin ; a subterminal white line; a terminal black line. Underneath greyish,
speckled with brown, and with indistinct transverse brown lines; a black discal
point on primaries. Expanse 22 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
Psalio(Ie$« liieroglypliica. — Primaries: base, median spaces, a large
subapical, and smaller marginal spots dark brown; the basal space limited by a
white line, angled below costa; the inner and outer bands ochreous. irrorated
with brown, forming indistinct lines; the median space is edged on either side
by a white line, and is somewhat broken up into spots; the marginal spots are
edged with white; the veins are mostly ochreous. Secondaries grey, becoming
whitish at base; a subterminal row of whitish spots; fringe ochreous, spotted
with brown. Primaries below grey ; the veins yellowish ; basal, inner, outer and
subterminal whitish lines. Secondaries below yellow, irrorated with brown,
forming indistinct lines. Expanse 20 mm.
Hah. — Las Vigas, Mexico.
This is the P. nucleata of the Biologia.
Psaliodes variegata. — Body fawn color, spotted with brown on patagife
and anal segment. Primaries white, with broad transverse brown bands; the
basal and median bands bordered with darker brown ; the inner band less dis-
tinct and composed of strise ; the outer band also composed of striae and inter-
rupted beyond the cell ; the outer margin greyish brown, suffusing with the outer
band at inner angle and between veins 4 and 6; a dark terminal interrupted
line, forming spots on fringe. Secondaries pale brown, with a dark discal point.
Underneath : the primaries mottled dark grey and buff; the costa yellowish,
with grey striae. The secondaries white, striated with grey : a black line in cell
surmounted by orange scales ; a dark fine median shade ; some yellow at base of
costa and on inner margin. Expanse 17 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
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274 w. SCHAUS.
I'Maliodeiii purpurea. — Heail aiul paljii above cream color: the palpi
l>r(iwii laterally. Collar and patagite brown. Thorax and abdomen greyish.
Primaries violaceous brown; the costa with yellow spots; an inner irrefrular
creamy line, bordered towards costa with dark bi-own ; a median, .sliglitly oblique
white line, inwardly shaded with some yellow scales, and outwardly shaded with
dark violaceous brown, which becomes paler towards the marginal space. An
outer white Hue from costa to vein 6; a dark subterminal spot between veins 5
and 6. Secondaries pale violaceous brown, shaded with grey on costa; a faint
pale subterminal shade. Underneath the wings are darker: a median yellowish
band on secoudaries and subterminal spots; a distinct black discal spot. Ex-
panse 17 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Allied to P. pallida Schaus.
FMaliodes basiplaga.— Primaries with the basal third dark brown,
otherwise greyish white ; an outer pale brown shade marked by a dark spot on
the costa, and followed by another brown spot on costa before apex ; a terminal
dark brown line; fringe dark grey. Secondaries dark grey, with a browu tei'mi-
nal line. Expanse 13 mm.
Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Pxaliodes miisooiia. — Body pale greenish brown ; a black streak on
vertex ; ixxle dorsal spots on abdomen ; palpi outwardly black. Primaries green,
with black raottlings below the cell to inner margin ; costa spotted with black ;
black streaks on the veins at outer margin mingled with metallic scales. Second-
aries greyish brown. Underneath silky grey ; the costa of pi'imaries buff, with
black markings. Expanse 13 mm.
I?a6. — Jalapa, Mexico.
I'Kaliode!^ pallida.— Body light brown. Primaries: the base and mar-
ginal space light brown ; the median space darker, inwardly limited by a straight
white line and outwardly crenulate: a subterminal velvety brown line, leaving
the extreme margin dark grey. Secondaries light brown, with a darker median
line. Underneath buflT, irrorated with brown ; a dark outer line on both wings.
Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Sao Paulo ; Castro, Parana.
I'saliodfH^iniiKiliaea. — Body brown. Primaries brown, crossed by
four whitish inner lines, almost straight, and two outer white lines slightly
oblique; a subterminal white lines, oblique from apex to vein 4, then curving
outwardly; this line preceded and followed by some buff shades; a terminal dark
brown line; fringe yellowish, with darker spots at veins. Secondaries whitish,
shaded with brown on outer margiti, the lines underneath showing through.
Primaries below greyish; the costa mottled with brown and yellow; an outer
and apical dark streak. Secondaries below pale buff, irrorated with brown ; a
discal point; outer and subterminal line. Expanse 18 mm.
Hab. — Castro, Parana.
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Hypliedyle cascaria. — Primaries: costa and outer margin greyish,
otherwise pale hrown, with darlver in-own striae, except at apex, and a submargi-
nal spot above vein 2; the apical clear space preceded by a triangular white spot
on costa, which is inwardly shaded with dark greyish, dividing into two indis-
tinct lines, one going towards outer margin, and the other crossing the end of
cell ; a small white spot below the triangular white spot. Secondaries pale brown,
shaded with grey on inner margin, and irrorated with darker scales on inner
margin and about the anal angle. Expanse 42 mm.
^a6. — Jalapa, Mexico.
Two specimens from Aroa, Venezuela, are more greyish in tones.
Hyphedyle paularia.— Primaries grey, crossed by blackish striae; a
broader streak at end of cell from costa to vein 3; a large apical buff spot, in-
wardly limited by a dark line, and shaded below with reddish brown ; a reddish
brown space above inner angle; three subterminal brown spots; a dark brown
terminal line. Secondaries white, irrorated with black along the inner margin ;
a broad dark marginal shade interrupted before apex. Underneath primaries
brownish, with apical spot as above. Secondaries greyish brown, with darker
strise and two black submarginal spots. Expanse 35 mm.
Hab.—Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil.
Hyphedyle albida.— Upper side white: on costa at base some black
striffi. Underneath white, a black spot and strige at base of costa, and minute
apical points on primaries; on secondaries some fine strige on costa, and two black
points near inner margin. Expanse 33 mm.
Hub. — Rio Janeiro.
Ergavia drucei.
I o-ive tlie name of drucei to the 9 of Ergavia calvina Druce.
Biol. Cent. Araer. Het., vol. ii, p. 79. Taf. 48, fig. 22.
Ergavia calvina belongs to the genus Alinodes, and is positively
the same as A. terraria Dn. The 9 described and figured by
Druce belongs to a distinct species in which the sexes are similar.
The shaft of the male antennae is thick with moderate, hairy pecti-
nations, and belongs possibly to a new genus. According to War-
ren the genus Ergavia Wlk. is cogeneric with Polysema Gn.
Ergavia obliterata.— Wings brown, without the distinct black lines
presei" in the other species, and finely striated with dark brown. Primaries
with a blackish discal spot and outer wavy dark shade; some dark subterminal
spots, preceded by black points on veins; terminal black intervenal points. Sec-
ondaries with three blackish median bands; a subterminal row of black spots
and terminal intervenal black points. Underneath greyish roseate, irrorated
with black; an outer row of black points; black subterminal marks on prima-
ries at inner angle and between veins 4 and 6. Expanse 51 mm.
Hah. — Peru.
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276 w. SCHAUS.
Pwlysoma briiiinca. — Wings brown, witli tlie lines as in the species of
Almode.i ; tlie discal spot large, black on primaries; small, white on seconrlaries.
Underneath pinkish fawn color, with dark snbterniinal markings. The general
appearance is very similar to Almodex terrnria Gn., but the setose antenna? of the
% proves the species distinct. Expanse 34 mm.
Hab.— Fern.
ORTHOSTIXINiE.
CORTIXA gen. nov.
Antennae simple. Palpi very niinute, Primaries convex before
apex ; outer margin oblique ; inner margin straight ; veins 3 and 4
apart; 6 from upper angle, 7-9 stalked; 10 and 11 stalked. Sec-
ondaries : costal margin straight ; outer margin rounded ; 3 and 4
apart; 6 and 7 from a point. Hind tibite with a single pair of
spur.
C<>rt;ixa aurudaria. — Body and wings bright golden yellow; fringe
black at base, grey outwardly; costal margin of primaries black ; inner margin
of primaries grey. Underneath the same, except inner margin of primaries,
which is yellow. Expanse 19 mm.
Hab.—Feru.
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 277
IVOTES O^ DI€HEL,0]WY€HA AND €ANTHARI!ii, WITH
DESCRIPTIOIVS OF NEW SPECIES IN
OTHERA GENERA.
BY H. C. FALL.
The observations on the two genera above named are, as is often
some surprise.
Taken as a whole, the genus is very homogeneous in its makeup,
and in the survey of our species, which has of necessity accom-
panied the definition of the new forms, I have found little to add in
the way of characters serviceable for classification, to those set forth
by Dr. Horn in his Synopsis.
* Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. v, p. 185.
t Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1894, p. 396.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXVII. .\UG., 1901.
276 W. 8CHAUS.
Foly!ii<'ina brniinea.— Wings brown, with the lines as in the species of
Almodex; the discal spot large, black on primaries; small, white ou secondaries.
Underneath pinkisli fawn color, with dark suhterminal markings. The general
appearance is very similar to Almodes terraria Gn., but the setose antennje of the
% proves the species distinct. Expanse 34 mm.
Hab.—Fevu.
Orthostixin^.
CORTIXA gen. nov.
ERRATA.
age 280, line 7, for Trantiou read Trausition.
281, " 2 from bottom, for later read latter.
282, " 1, omit 1.
282, " 7, for 1 read 11.
282, " 19, for Fnch's refid Fnchs'.
283, " 2, for Fuch's read- Fuchs'.
284, " 5 from bottom, for Colorada read Colorado.
285, " 18, for Benardino read Bernardino.- • ■ •
287, '' 9, for nebulosly read nebulously.
291, " 21, for was read were.
301, " 10, for inorora read inoroNa.
302, " 10. omit comma between moderately and closely.
302, " 22, for coarse read close.
303, ■' 17, omit comma between moderately and d(>ei)ly.
303, " 18, for 8.4 mm. read 8.14 mm.
303, " 22, omit comma between moderately and closely.
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 277
NOTKS O^ DICHELiOKYCHA AND CANTHAKIS, WITH
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES IN
OTHERA GENERA.
BY H. C. FALL.
The observations on the two genera above named are, as is often
the case, the outgrowth of an effort toward a satisfactory arrange-
ment of my own cabinet. The loan of material from other sources
has, however, permitted a much more comprehensive view than
would otherwise have been possible, and I desire therefore to ex-
press ray hearty thanks to all who have thus given assistance, par-
ticularly to my friends Mr. Chas. Fuchs, Dr. E. C. Van Dyke and
Dr. F. E. Blaisdell, of San Francisco, and to Dr. L. O. Howard
and Mr. E. A. Schwarz of the National Museum, from whose col-
lections I received the entire material in these genera. To Mr.
Frederick Blanchard and Mr. Chas. Liebeck I am indebted for
notes on the LeConte and Horn collections, further reference to
which will be made in the proper place.
DICHEEONYC HA.
Since the Synopsis of this genus given by Dr. Horn in 1876,* it
has almost entirely escaped the attention of systematists ; one spe-
cies only — picea Horn f — having been subsequently made known.
New forms have, however, come to light, until the number awaiting
description has become, I think, greater than in any other genus
of the Scarabseidse, with the probable exception of Diplotaxis.
Nearly all of these new forms belong to the Pacific Coast fauna
and are either quite unknown to eastern collectors, or are mixed
there with older species — usually backii or valida — so that the de
scription in the following pages of nine species will perhaps excite
some surprise.
Taken as a whole, the genus is very homogeneous in its makeup,
and in the survey of our species, which has of necessity accom-
panied the definition of the new forms, I have found little to add in
the way of characters serviceable for classification, to those set forth
by Dr. Horn in his Synopsis.
* Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. v, p. 185.
t Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1894, p. 396.
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. AUG., 1901.
278 H. C. FALL.
The presence or ahsence of a moderately deep longitudinal groove
on the pronotum has offered a ready means of dividing our species
into two priuiary groups. The division is apparently a natural one,
inasmuch as there are several concurring differences in structural
details, which, although suffering some exceptions, are so constant
as to be regarded as group characters. Dr. Horn lias already
called attention to one of these, viz.: that in the species with sulcate
thorax the hind claws are very nearly simj)le. One of the forms
described here as new (decolorata) is exceptional in that the poste-
rior claws are cleft in nearly the same degree as prevails throughout
the other group.
Again, in the group with sulcate thorax, the spurs of the poste-
rior tibiae, except in pu-nlla, are mutually equal in length in the
male, and nearly so in the female, and, as a rule, are sexually
modified ; while in the non sulcate series the posterior tibial spurs
are distinctly unequal in length and exhibit almost no sexual modi
fications. Tiie impression on the outer side of the terniinal joint of
the maxillary palpi, which, in the non-sulcate species, exists as an
elongate oval, slightly flattened area, becomes in the sulcate species
distinctly excavated. Two exceptions in each series, however, must
be noted ; muscula and nana having the joint distinctly impressed,
while decolorata and pusilla show scarcely a trace of it.
There is usually not the least difficulty in recognizing the sexes,
LeConte says "The males are more slender in form than the
females, and are distinguished by the club of the antennse being as
long as the funiculus." To this Horn adds that " the abdomen
viewed in profile from the side, is convex along the median line in
the female and concave in the male." With the exception of clij-
peata, and possibly of pallens (males of which have not been seen),
the above characters hold good throughout our series.
A more exhaustive examination enables me to ad<l several other
less conspicuous sexual differences which apply almost as genei'ally,
but in somewhat variable degree. In the nuiles the eyes are usually
noticeably larger and more prominent; the terminal joint of the
maxillary palpi is freciuently broader and more widely truncate at
apex ; the anterior tibiie are less strongly produced, and the poste-
rior thighs are more slender than in the female. The sexual differ-
ence in the last joint of the maxillary palpi is well shown in elo)t-
gata, subvittata, testacea, diluta and fuscula, and is quite obvious in
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 279
most species with non-sulcate thorax. It, however, nearly or quite
fails in rohusta, longiclava, truncata and joicea, in which tlie terminal
joint is more pointed and feebly truncate in both sexes. In the spe-
cies with sulcate thorax there is but little sexual disparity in this
regard, the terminal joint being more slender and less broadly trun
cate at apex than in the sulcate series.
There is a marked tendency throughout the genus toward pale-
ness in color; the under surface, head and thorax most frequently,
the elytra more rarely, becoming partly or entirely rufous or testa-
ceous. This tendency is more pronounced in the females, and in
certain species, fulgida and crotchii, the head, thorax and body
beneath are normally pale in this sex, the same parts being blackish
or piceous in the males.
In antennal structure there is little variation in the genus. In
the few known specimens of picea these organs are 8 jointed ; in all
others they seem to be normally 9 jointed. In the single female of
robusta there are only eight joints, but as there are nine in the male,
I suspect this may be accidental. Such accidents are not rare in
the Lamellicornia, where the number of joints in the funicle is fre-
quently subject to an individual decrease through coalescence. The
antennal club in the male is normally subequal in length to the
funicle, and is about twice as long as in the female ; to this, however,
thej'e are three exceptions. In clypeata the male club is very short,
not differing appreciably from that of the female ; a most extra-
ordinary fact. In pallens the female club is unusually long, being
about equal to the funicle, a condition which is, however, in part
due to the shortness of the latter; males have not been seen. In
the male of longiclava the club is abnormally long, being sensibly
equal to the basal joint and funicle combined ; of this species fe-
males have not been seen.
Geographically speaking, Dlchelonycha is widely dispensed, but
the genus is essentially a northern one; or more accurately, it is
nearly confined to the Boreal and Transition Zones,* which, with
the exception of the highlands of Pennsylvania and a narrow strip
along the Alleghany Mountains, reach their southern limits in the
Eastern United States in about the latitude of New York City and
the southern lake region ; but which in the Rocky Mountains and
Pacific regions extend entirely across the country. In the East,
® See Merriam's Life Zones of the United States.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. AUG., 1901.
280 H. C. FALL.
one species only — fHScula—is characteristic of the Carolinian re-
gion, though several others — subvittata, testacea and truncata (Ne-
braska), and eloiigata (Kansas and Texas?) — have been occasion-
ally found witiiin its boundaries. In Southern California, tnw^cula
and truncata range from elevations of one thousand to six thousand
feet or more, thus inhabiting indifferently both the Sonoran and
Trantion Zones ; while ;:)it.n7/a and nana (Southern California s and
picea (Lower California) should probably be regarded as true n)em
bers of the Sonoran fauna.
The following table is devised for the separation of the species
now known to me. The order here is merely one of convenience,
and not that which should be followed in a cabinet arrangement.
The sequence of species in the notes following the table is the best.I
can now suggest, but, as is often the case in a linear arrangement, it
is in some respects unsatisfactory.
Prothorax without a well-defined median longitudinal sulcus; the disk evenly
convex, or at most with a faintly impressed median line 1.
Prothorax rather deeply longitudinally sulcate 7.
1. Antennae 8-jointed ; color brownish to testaceous, without metallic lustre
(Lower California) picea .
Antennae 9-jointed.
Clypeal angles right, or even slightly acute truucata.
Clypeal angles more or less rounded 2.
2. Antennal club short and equal in the sexes; clypeus strongly prolonged in
front of the labrum ; color black clypeata.
Antennal club much longer in the male (male of pallens not seen); clypeus
less advanced.
Antennal club in the male as long as the. entire stem longielava.
Antennal club in the male subequal in length to the funicle 3.
3. Terminal joint of maxillary palpi narrowed apically, the tip feebly truncate;
sides of thorax as viewed from above arcuate ; form very robust.
robusta.
Terminal joint of maxillary palpi widened apically, and more or less broadly
obliquely truncate ; sides of thorax distinctly subangulate 4.
4. Prevailing color testaceous, the elytra often with faint greenish or aeneous
surface lustre.
Head, including the eyes, distinctly more than half as wide as the thorax in
both sexes.
Clypeus densely punctate and more opaque, more narrowly reflexed, the
suture unimpressed : elytra with lateral darker vitta, which is more
pronounced at its extremities subvittata.
Clypeus less densely punctate, shining, less narrowly reflexed, the suture
deeply impressed ; elytra faintly aeneous, without lateral vitta.
diliita.
Head narrower, not or scarcely exceeding half the thoracic width in the
female.
AMERICAN COLEOPTKRA. 281
Clypeus rather broadly reflexed : anteunal club in the female shorter than
the funicle: hind angles of the thorax distinct; sculpture of upper
surface finer testacea.
Clypeus narrowly reflexed ; antennal club in the female as long as the
funicle; bind angles of the thorax very obtuse; surface sculpture
coarser pallens.
Prevailing color dark; the elytra in fully colored specimens more or less
brilliant green or bronze, frequently with narrow pale limb 5.
5. Sexes similarly colored 6.
Head, thorax and body beneath black or piceous in the male, rufous in the
female; clypeal suture distinctly impressed.
Elytra fiuely and densely transversely wrinkled, the punctuation indis-
tinct; basal marginal line of thorax nearly obliterated at middle;
hind angles of thorax less marked crotchii.
Elytra less densely transversely rugose, the punctuation coarser and dis-
tinct; basal marginal line of thorax more evident; the hind angles
more prominent fulgi«la.
6. Sides of thorax sinuate posteriorly, the hind angles prominent.
Clypeal suture unimpressed, often indistinct; surface lustre green, legs in
great part pale.
Clypeus narrowly reflexed, front tibiae tridentate eloiigala.
Clypeus more broadly reflexed, front tibiae sub-bidentate caiiatleiisi**.
Clypeal suture deeply impressed ; surface lustre bronze ; legs variable.
f'liscnla.
Sides of thorax feebly sinuate posteriorly, the angles distinct but obtuse;
head, especially in the female, relatively smaller and narrower than
in allies; elytra brilliant green, usually without pale limb; append-
ages normally blackish throughout backii.
Sides of thorax not sinuate posteriorly ; species small (California).
Hind angles of thorax distinct but obtuse vaga.
Hind angles of thorax rounded and indistinct.
Clypeus more broadly reflexed ; elytra green, sutural angles prominent.
naua.
Clypeus more narrowly reflexed ; elytra bronzed, sutural angles not promi-
nent muscula.
7. Size small; prothorax feebly sparsely punctate; spurs of hind tibi* acute,
unequal in length, but otherwise nearly similar, and not difleriug in
the sexes piisilla.
Size larger ; prothorax coarsely but evenly punctured ; spurs of hind tibiae in
the male nearly equal in length, but mutually more or less dissimilar
and truncate or obtuse at tip 3.
8. Outer spur of hind tibiae in the male very much wider than the inner and
distinctly contorted.
Elytra with distinct greenish lustre albicollis.
Elytra testaceous, with piceous lateral vitta lateralis.
Outer spur of hind tibia in the male distinctly wider than the inner, but less
strongly so, and scarcely contorted 9.
9. Elytra testaceous, with piceous lateral vitta, the later sometimes wanting or
visible only at the apical umhone decolorata.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (36) AUG., 1901.
282 H. C. FALL.
1 Elytra iinifornily green, or piceous, with distinct greenish or bronze lustre,
the lateral margin often narrowly pale 10.
10. Prothorax with disk in great part impunctate; elytra piceous; deeply but
not conspicuously bronzed ; clypeal suture broadly deeply impressed.
sulcata.
Prothorax with disk in great part punctate 11-
1. Outer spur of hind tibia in the male but little wider than the inner ; elytra
in the male piceous; more or less bronzed or dark green.
Clypeal suture feeble or indistinct; the elytra in the female often of a
brighter green than in the male, but otherwise usually rufous or tes-
taceous throughout vali«la.
Outer spur of hind tibia in the male more conspicuously wider than the
inner ; elytra brilliant green in both sexes vicina.
1. D. elongata Fab.
This is by far the commonest species in New England, whence it
ranges north into Canada, south through New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, and as far west as Kansas, though its occurrence there is
very exceptional. I have seen a specimen labelled "Tex" in Mr.
Fuch's collection — possibly an error. The beetles have been re-
corded as occurring on different species of Salix (Kirby), on various
oaks (Bethuue), on leaves of oak in May in Southern Michigan
(Townsend), and on birch in June (Packard). I have taken it
abundantly on pines in July in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
2. D. canadensis Horn.
This species is quite unknown to me, nor do I know if there are
any in collections besides the type. ,
3. D. snbvittata Lee.
This species has about the same range as elongata, but is certainly
more common farther north. I do not know that it has been taken
in southern New England, nor does Smith include it in the New
Jersey list. It occurs in northern New Hampshire and is common
about Montreal and thence west to the Great Lakes. It is not rare
at Duluth, Minn. (Daggett), and I have seen specimens from
•Northern Illinois, and one from Eastern Nebraska. Hamilton
records it as common, especially on hazel, near Pittsburg.
It seems not to have been noticed that the inner spur of the hind
tibia in the male is a little wider and obtusely rounded (subspatu-
late) at tip. A similar disparity exists in males of fuscula and
diluta, and though subject to some individual variation, is obvious
enough when a sufficient series is examined.
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 283
4. D. diliita sp. nov.
Mixed with elongata in Mr. Fuch's collection, and \\\i\\ fuscula in
the National Museum collection, were specimens from Massachu
setts, New York and Michigan (Detroit), which I have ventured to
separate under the above name. Superficially these specimens most
closely resemble very pale examples of elongata, and they will proba-
bly be found in most eastern collections mixed with these or possibly
tedacea. Structurally they are nearest fuscula, with which they
closely agree in most respects. There is in diluta, however, no sign
of the deep bronze color so characteristic of the elytra in fuscula,
the entire insect being pale testaceous, the thorax slightly darker
and the elytra feebly washed with green. The form is also a little
more elongate and the elytra somewhat less coarsely punctate. The
clypeal suture is rather deeply impressed, and by this means as well
as by the less densely but rather more deeply punctate clypeus, it
may be readily separated from elongata. In addition to this it may
be said that in diluta the hind legs are entirely pale, and the inner
spur of the hind tibia in the male is distinctly broader and more
obtuse, becoming usually slightly dilated at apex, much as in sub-
vittata. From both subvittata and testacea, diluta is distinguished
by the impressed clypeal suture, and from the latter still further by
the more narrowly reflexed clypeus, the more deeply impressed sub-
apical marginal line of the prothorax, and the greater disparity
between the hind tibial spurs. I believe the range of the species to
be distinctly more northern than that of fuscula.
As an illustration of what may be the state of afl^airs in many
eastern collections, I quote the following from a letter just received
from my friend Mr. Frederick Blanchard, who, at my suggestion,
looked through the material in the Cambridge Museum. Mr.
Blanchard writes "There is a large series of Dichelonycha elongata
in the LeConte collection, and at the end of the last row were two
likely looking specimens, one of which proved to be your new spe-
cies. In the museum miscellaneous uusorted specimens I found
four: a pair from Virginia; 1 9 , Lawrence, Mass. ; 1 J , Sherborn,
Mass., June 7, '91. In my own material of about two dozeu speci-
mens I could find none, but I have little doubt it occurs here."
(Tyugsboro, Mass.)
5. D. fus«cula Lee.
As has already been remarked, this is the only species in our
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. AUG., 1901.
284 II. C. FALL.
fauna peculiar to the Carolinian area. It has occurred as for north
as Long Ishmd (Reutennuiller), and its western and southern limits
so far as recorded are Missouri and Georgia. According to Dr.
Hamilton it is common near Pittsl)urg on biennial oak. Dr. D.
M. Castle* records finding many specimens near Philadelphia on
beech and oak trees; the males appearing first, the females a week
or two later. He also states that specimens have been taken at
Lancaster, Pa., on flowers in mid-summer. The following localities
are represented in the material before me: Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, District of Columbia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Missouri.
6. D. testacea Kby.
Judging from the few specimens seen, this species is not a com-
mon one. It is exclusively northern in range, as the following
localities indicate : Vermont, Lake Superior, Winnipeg, Montana,
Nebraska.
7. D. backii Kby.
Nearly every genus of any complexity possesses one or more spe-
cies which serve as catch-alls for everything doubtful in their
vicinity. At present, about everything with brilliant elytra and
dark legs passes as backii, and in the material which has served as
the basis for these notes, no less than six species carry this label.
As a matter of fact there lies between backii on the one hand, and
crotchii and fulgida on the other, a debatable ground that is over-
run with a puzzling mixture of forn.'s that are neither typical
backii nor yet safely referable to either crotchii or fulgida.
What I have considered the true backii occupies the territory
north of Lake Superior and thence west to the Rocky Mountains.
The color in mature specimens is always black or nearly so through-
out, except the elytra which are brilliant green or purplish, rarely
with golden or coppery reflections. The head is distinctly smaller
relative to the thorax, and the eyes a little less prominent than in
the corresponding sex of crotchii or fulgida; the elypeus is also
more broa,dly reflexed. Specimens from Colorada, Wyoming, East-
ern Washington and even Arizona and Southern California, while
differing in certain details are so nearly in accord with the typical
form that they must, for the present at least, be placed there.
* Ent. Student, vol. ii, p. 5.
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 285
Other specimens from Utah, now standing as hacMi, are surely not
that species, the larger head and more narrowly reflexed clypeus
showing them to be more nearly related to fulgida and crotchii.
The elytral sculpture is intermediate between typical cro/cAw and
fulgida, and the very few females seen do not differ in color from
the males. It is quite probable that they deserve a name, but
more specimens are needed before we can speak with confidence.
8. D. fulgida Lee.
9. I>. crotchii Horn.
These two species are closely related, and there appear to be no
characters other than those mentioned in the table by which they
may be distinguished. These are quite sufficient in the case of
typical specimens, but intermediates are not lacking. Fulgida
occurs from Vancouver to Northern California and eastward to
Montana and the Wahsatch Mountains of Utah. I have no posi-
tive evidence that crotchii has ever been taken elsewhere than in
the Californian Sierras from Lake Tahoe southward to the San
Benardino Mountains. As remarked under backii, certain Utah
specimens resemble crotchii quite closely; they are, however, quite
as near fulgida, and it is not unlikely that they represent a closely
allied but distinct species. Specimens from the Siskiyou Mountains
of Northern California are intermediate in elytral sculpture between
the more typical northern fulgida and crotchii; the balance of
affinities, however, lie with fulgida. Crotchii is found on pines
during midsummer, usually at altitudes of 5000 to 7000 feet, and
it is probable that fulgida has similar habits.
10. D. vaga sp. nov.
Most nearly related to backii, under which it would fall in Horn's
table. As compared with backii, the present species is rather less
robust, the thorax relatively smaller, the disparity between the size
of the head and thorax distinctly less, the clypeus a little less widely
reflexed, more squarely truncate in front, with the angles more nar-
rowly rounded.
The color is piceous or black, often with the margin of clypeus,
lateral margins of thorax, legs and antenna? testaceous; elytra
varying from brilliant green, with narrow pale margin to testaceous,
with greenish surface lustre. In fully colored specimens the legs
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286 H. C. FALL.
are usually piceous, the tarsi somewhat paler. The scutellum is
always black, even in the palest specimens, while the antenuie are
always pale, except the club, which is usually darker. The sides of
the thorax are not at all sinuate before the hind angles, which are
obtuse, though fairly well defined. The thoracic punctuation is
evidently finer and sparser than in backii. Length 6.2-7.5 mm.
Hab. — California; Kaweah (4275-6000 feet), and "Tuolumne
County, Mokelumne Hill" (Blaisdell). Nevada.
I have seen many specimens collected by Mr. Ralph Hopping at
the first named locality, and these are to be regarded as the types.
The Nevada specimens are slightly different in some minor respects,
but I have little doubt of their identity.
11. D. nana sp. nov.
Very small, black, elytra brilliant green, with pale lateral margin. Head
densely punctate, clypeus truncate, or even very faintly sinuate in front, the
margin rather strongly reflexed ; clypeal suture slightly impressed. Thorax
small, shining, rather coarsely but usually very sparsely and somewhat irregu-
larly punctate ; sides not sinuate posteriorly, hind angles very obtuse. Elytra
coarsely punctate, sutural angle subacuminate. Length 5i-6 mm.
i/a6. —California ; San Diego (Dunn), Poway (Blaisdell). Eight
examples.
This pretty little species is the smallest in our fauna, and all
specimens thus far known are from a very restricted locality. It is
most nearly related to miiscala, but appears to be distinct by its
uniformly more brilliant color, smaller size, less conspicuous pubes-
cence, more strongly reflexed clypeus, which is more squarely trun-
cate in front, with less broadly rounded angles, more sparsely and
relatively more closely punctured thorax, and by the form of the
sutural angle of the elytra.
12. D. muscula sp. nov.
Piceous, elytra bronzed, more rarely with greenish or faint cupreous lustre;
side margin narrowly pale. Head feebly but closely sculptured, clypeus faintly
arcuate in front, the angles broadly rounded, margin rather narrowly reflexed,
suture lightly impressed. Thorax strongly rounded at sides, which are not sinuate
posteriorly ; hind angles rounded, not defined ; surface finely somewhat sparsely
punctate, ba.se finely margined, subapical line distinctly impressed. Elytra
rather coarsely closely punctate; body throughout conspicuously pubescent.
Length 5i-8 mm.
Hab. — California (Los Angeles County). Sixteen examples.
This species has been placed with fascrdu in collections on the
AMERICAN COJ.EOPTERA. 287
authority of Dr. Horn, who seems, however, to have had some
doubt of their identity, judging from the phicing of the specimens
in his cabinet. Fuscula is probably confined to the Atlantic region,
and may be easily distinguished from muscula by the prominent
hind angles of the thorax, and the obvious disparity in the hind
tibial spurs in the male ; a careful comparison will show numerous
other differences in minor details.
13. D. longiclava sp. nov.
Eather robust, piceous, elytra distinctly bronzed, with rather broad nebulosly
pale side margin. Head but little more than half as wide as the prothorax,
densely but not deeply punctate ; clypeal suture faint, not impressed; clypeus
moderately reflexed, distinctly sinuate in front, the sides convergent anteriorly,
the angles rounded. Antennal club ( % ) very long, about one-half longer than
the funicle, and fully equal to all the preceding joints combined ; terminal joint
of maxillary palpi slender, gradually pointed from about the basal third, the
apex narrowly truncate. Prothorax nearly as wide as the elytra, widest before
the middle, sides not sinuate posteriorly, hind angles obtuse, but well defined ;
surface closely punctate throughout and with a feeble but distinct median sul-
cus; basal and apical marginal lines fairly well defined. Elytra moderately
strongly and closely punctate, the inner of the three longitudinal raised lines-
present in many species — evident, the others barely detectable. Length 6a mm.
Ifab. — California (Sonoma County, Ricksecker).
Two males only have been seen. In both of these the antennal
club is virtually destitute of the usual setae, which sparsely clothe
the external faces of first and last joints. This is possibly accidental,
but the specimens are otherwise in good condition, and it is difficult
to see how they could have become so completely denuded. Longi-
clava looks not very unlike muscula, but the resemblance is only su-
perficial. The great length of the antennal club is not approached
by any other species of the genus. A third specimen, also a male,
has recently been sent me from the Cambridge Museum. It agrees
completely in antennal formation with the original specimens, but
has the elytra entirely pale.
14. D. i>alleiii« Lee.
A rare species, of which I have seen only four specimens, includ
ing the type ; all females. The type is without definite locality, the
other three are from the Santa Cruz Mountains, in the middle coast
region of California. The small size, pale color, coarse elytral
.sculpture, relatively small head, with narrowly reflexed clypeus
and long antennal club, make its recognition easy.
TEAN8. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. AUG., 1901.
288 H. C. FALL.
lo. I>. robiista sj). nov.
Form stout, convex; black, elytra green. Head densely, thorax and elytra
rather closely uniformly punctate; clypeus rather strongly reflexed, truncate
and faintly sinuate in front, sides very slightly divergent posteriorly; clypeal
suture faint, not impressed. Antennal cluh ( % ) subequal in length to the funi-
cle; terminal joint of maxillary palpi pointed, scarcely truncate at apex. Thorax
unusually large and convex, nearly twice as wide as the head and but little nar-
rower than the elytra; sides diverging slightly from the base to beyond the mid-
dle, then more suddenly but not angularly rounded and more strongly conver-
gent to apex; apical marginal impressed line distinct throughout; base abruptly
convex from the rather fine marginal line. Subcostiform lines of the elytra
feebly indicated. Legs stouter than usual. Length 8i-9i mm.
Hab. — Oregon (Corvallis). One pair submitted by Mr. Wick-
ham.
The above description has been drawn from the male. The fe-
male scarcely differs except in size, and in having the sides of the
thorax and elytra, also the abdomen and legs, in great part testa-
ceous. Rohusta is most closely allied to longiclava; the form is
here, however, more robust, the antennal club is of the usual length,
and the sides of the thorax are less angulate than in any other spe-
cies except joicea. There is a very faint indication of a median im-
pressed line on the pronotum.
16. D. clypeata Horn.
This species was described from a single female specimen from
California, and still .stands as the sole representative of the species
in the Horn collection. There is a second specimen (also a female)
in the LeConte collection, which differs from the Horn type very
slightly in coloration, the sides of the thorax and the elytra being
yellowish, the latter with the cost?e darker, and with the feet
piceo-testaceous, while tlie type is described as piceous with the
elytra luteous.
- On the 26th of March, 1895, Mr. Ricksecker collected at Sylva-
nia many specimens of an entirely black Dichelonycha, which he
writes me were "found near some spruce timber in puddles of water
on a road side." Examples sent to Dr. Horn were pronounced a
new species. They were all obviously of the same sex, and judging,
no doubt, from the length of the antennal club, the Doctor sup
posed them all to be females. Mr. Rick.secker accordingly distribu-
ted his specimens with the label " n. sp ; " but for some reason he
has more recently sent some out as clypeata. AVhatever prompted
the change, it is a correct one, for the species is undoubtedly cly-
AMERICAN COLEOPTKRA. 289
peata, as is made sure by a careful comparison with the types in the
Horn and LeConte collections, made at my suggestion by Mr. Lie
beck and Mr. Blanchard respectively. Oddly enough, the whole
catch made by Mr. Ricksecker are males, and not females as sup-
posed by Horn. The short antennal club, and the stout posterior
thighs certainly are of the female type, but the form of the abdo
men is that common to all males, and, moreover, the date of appear-
ance would indicate the latter sex. To settle the matter definitely,
several specimens were dissected, with the result as above stated.
Clypeata is surely the most aberrant species of the genus in our
fauna, differing from all others in color, in the short antennal club
of the male, in the strongly advanced clypeus, and in the dilation
of the latter at the sides.
17. D. Iruncata Lee
A small species, easily recognized by the sharply angulate cly-
peus, which is usually a little emarginate anteriorly, instead of being
rounded as is Usual. The punctuation of the thorax is very fine and
dense, the terminal joint of maxillary palpi widest behind the mid-
dle and narrowly truncate at tip. The elytra are normally piceous,
with a more or less distinct bronze or green surface lustre, but are
sometimes entirely testaceous. In distribution truncata ranges from
the plains adjoining the Rocky Mountains on the east (Nebraska,
Colorada and Montana), through Utah and Nevada to the Pacific
Coast (Oregon to Southern California). It is not rare in Southern
California, occurring (m both sides of the Sierras from the valleys
up to 6000 feet elevation. At the higher altitudes it is most fre-
quently taken on pines.
18. D. picea Horn.
I have seen but two specimens, one of these being the type. In
these the clypeus differs somewhat in form, but in both it is more
strongly arcuate at middle than usual, and is also more sparingly
punctate than in any of our other species. The 8-jointed antenuse,
and the uniformly rounded (not angulate) sides of the thorax are
its most notable peculiarities. The terminal joint of the maxillary
palpi is slender and nari'owed towai'd the apex. It is probably con-
fined to the more elevated portions of the Cape region of Lower
California.
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290 H. C. FALL.
1!). D. pusilla Lee.
In well preserved specimens the pubescence is seen to be sparser
or nearly wanting in several longitudinal lines on each elytron, giv-
ing a distinctly vittate appearance which is peculiar to the species.
The thoracic sulcus is rather less pronouuced than in the other
members of the group, and the posterior tibial spurs are of the type
prevailing in the species with non sulcate thorax. For these rea-
sons I have thought best to place it at the head of the grou}) rather
than at the end, where it was left by Horn. It is common in the
Southern Californian coast region from San Diego to Santa Barbara,
and I have seen one example from as far north as Monterey. Wick-
ham reports taking a single specimen at Coolidge, New Mexico. I
suspect this may be an error in determination, and that his speci-
men is one of the varieties of sulcata. I have taken specimens in
numbers in early June flying at dusk about the flowers o^ Aclenos
toma faseiculata in the foot hills near Pomona, and have also taken
it at same time of day flying about rose bushes in the city itself.
20. D. decolorata sp. nov.
Body beneatli, head, thorax, suture and lateral stripe on the elytra, black ;
otherwise testaceous. Head densely subrugosely punctate, vertex with rather
small fusiform smooth space which does not reach the clypeal suture: clypeal
suture impressed, strongly angulate; clypeus moderately reflexed, truncate, or
very feebly arcuate in front, lateral angles broadly rounded, sides a little conver-
gent anteriorly. Thorax with rather shallow median groove, surface moderately
closely punctate laterally, more finely and sparsely toward the middle; basal and
apical marginal lines distinct; sides obtusely angulate just before the middle,
feebly sinuate posteriorly, hind angles obtuse, not at all prominent. Elytra
rather finely and not densely punctate. Spurs of hind tibise slender, nearly
equal. In the male the outer spur is, however, more obtuse at tip than the inner,
while in the female there is no apparent difi'erence in this respect, both spurs
being acute. Length 9-11 mm.
Hab. — California (Santa Clara and Monterey Counties), 2 males,
3 females.
The color of this species, as above described, is that of the two
males, and is almost precisely that of lateralis, except that in the
present species there is no noticeable metallic lustre. The three
females are testaceous throughout. Decolorata is nearest the Marin
County specimens assumed to be valida, but is clearly distinct by
the color, finer and sparser punctuation of thorax and elytra, the
denser punctuation of the clypeus, more strongly angulate clypeal
suture and shallower pronotal groove. The hind claws are slightly
l)ut distinctly cleft.
AMERICAN COLKOPTKRA. 291
21. D. valida Lee.
As collections now stand this name is quite generally used for
two or more distinct species. Unfortunately the type of valida was
a unique female ; a fact which makes its identification a matter of
some uncertainty, and compels us to depend largely on the type
locality (San Francisco). I received some time ago from Dr. Van
Dyke several males taken by him in early spring near San Fran
Cisco (Marin County). These are all rather small (9-102 mm.),
black, with dark bottle green elytra, rather widely reflexed and
nearly impunctate clypeus, clypeal suture almost obliterated, hind
tibial spurs (S ) nearly equal, posterior ungues distinctly cleft near
the tip. Two females were subsequently received, the first surely or
this species, since it was associated with additional males of the type
above mentioned, and not differing materially from them in either
color or size ; the other unassociated with males, larger, and show-
ing a tendency toward paleness in thorax and legs, as is described
of the original valida. In view of the very general variability of
this sex in size and color it is probable that the species above men-
tioned is the true valida. I have also placed with it for the present
Oregon specimens, which have passed as valida, and from which, if
I mistake not, the male characters as described by Horn was taken.
In these specimens there seems to be a more evident disparity be
tween the spurs of the hind tibiae in the male, as well as some other
differences when compared with the San Francisco ones, and it may
have to be given a distinct name when we have accumulated mate-
rial sufficient for a thorough study. As here understood, valida is
confined to the Coast Range from Middle California to Oregon. The
Sierra species which has passed under the same name is here de-
scribed as vicina. In the formation of the spurs of the hind tibiie
in the male it is clearly distinct from valida and more nearly related
to sulcata of the Rocky Mountains.
22. D. Ticina sp. nov.
This name is propo.sed for a form which passes usually as valida,
but which I have seen labeled sulcata in at least one collection. It
is, in fact, very closely related to sulcata, with which it agrees
almost completely, except in the following respects : The elytra are
always of a brilliant green color, the thorax is punctured over the
greater portion of its surface, the clypeal suture is less deeply im-
pressed, and the size, on the average, is a little larger. The females
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292 H. C. FALL.
are frequently rufous, except the elytra. Specimens vary in length
from 9] -13 mm. It is common in the Sierras of California (Kern,
Tuolumne, El Dorado and Placer Counties), being found during
June and July on coniferous trees. It is at once distinguished .from
valida by the greater disparity in the size of the spurs of the hind
tibise in the male.
23. D. sulcata Lee.
The smooth thorax, deeply impressed clypeal suture, form of the
spurs of the hind tibise ( $ ) and the color, are the chief character-
istics of this species. It occurs in the mountains of Colorado and
New Mexico. Specimens from Montana (Helena) in the Hubbard
and Schwarz collection, have a more numerously punctate thorax,
and are possibly distinct, but are best left here for the present. The
same may be said of a series of specimens recently taken by Mr.
Schwarz at Winslow, Arizona. These latter are paler than typical
sulcata, and with humeral and apical spots of darker metallic green
much as exist in subvittaia.
24. D. lateralis sp. nov.
Form, size and sculpture nearly as in albicollis. Body beneath, head, thorax,
tarsi, middle and hind tibise (in great part; piceous; front of clypeus, mouth,
palpi, antennse and legs, except as above noted, testaceous; elytra testaceous, the
suture narrowly, and the sides, except the margin, more broadly but diffused ly
blackish, with faint greenish or violet reflection. Specimens not fully colored
have the elytra entirely testaceous, except the humeri and apices, or the entire
insect may be testaceous. Head with rather broad median longitudinal impunc-
tate area; pubescence of upper surface sparse and inconspicuous; the elytra less
evidently tricostate than in albicollii. Spurs of hind tibise of % nearly as in
albicollis, the outer much broader than the inner and distinctly twisted. Length
10.5 14 mm.
Hab. — California, Placer County (Van Dyke) ; Nevada (Fuchs).
The color of this species is apparently not at all due to imma-
turity, and is very constant in type in the eleven examples before
me. None of the specimens of albicollis which 1 have examined
show the well defined smooth frontal line, which is so well marked
in lateralis.
25. D. albicollis Hurm.
The range of this familiar species is nearly that of elongata. I
have taken it on pines in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where
it is less common than elongata. Dr. Hamilton mentions its occur-
rence on spruce in Western Pennsylvania.
AMERICAN COI>EOPTERA. 293
C<EI¥01VY€HA.
C parvula sp. nov.
Form oblong-oval, brown, moderately shining, pubescence ratlier plentiful.
Head coarsely, closely punctate, the punctuation very shallow on the clypeus,
but gradually deeper posteriorly. Clypeus broadly emarginate, the angles promi-
nent and nearly right; clypeal suture distinct but not impressed. Thorax a
little less than twice as wide as long, formed as usual in the genus, uniformly
closely, and rather strongly punctate. Elytra oblong-oval, widest behind the
middle; humeri distinct but not prominent, apex subtruucate; surface nearly as
closely punctate as the thorax. Body beneath sparsely pubescent, the abdomen
more closely and strongly punctured than usual. Length 6-7 mm.
Described from two examples of doubtful sex, collected by Dr.
F. E. Blaisdell at Poway, near San Diego, California.
This species is nearest ovipennis in size, but is slightly smaller
than that, and therefore decidedly smaller than either rotundata or
socialis. It differs from all these by the closer relatively coarser
punctuation both above and beneath. The general outline, and the
form of the clypeus is nearly as in socialis. The antennae are 10-
jointed, but the 6th and 7th joints are less distinctly separated than
the others. The wings are probalily rudimentary.
<'ANTHARIS.
There are few genera of like extent in which the species are, as a
rule, identifiable with greater ease and certainty than in Cantharis.
There are, it is true, a considerable number of entirely black spe-
cies, which, at long range, seem strikingly similar ; but the small
differences in outline or proportions of parts are very constant, and
these supplemented by the pronounced sexual characters observable
in the antennae, coxae or abdomen make their separation and recog-
nition simple enough. But here, as elsewhere, the rule is not with
out its exceptions, the difficulties in this case being centered in sty
gica and sphcericollls. The series of stygica in the Horn and Le
Conte collections which, at the time of their arrangement by Horn
exhibited only a laudable conservatism, have gradually reached a
complexity which, through their influence as standards of reference,
has become general.
Not long since I received from my friend, Mr. Ralph Hopping,
of Kaweah, Cal., two forms of Cantharis, concerning which he de-
sired an expression of opinion. Both had been identified for him
as stygica, but from their appearance and habits, he was convinced
of their distinctness. A little investigation satisfied me that the
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294 H. C. FALL.
two forms were not only distinct, but that neither one of them was
really stycjmi. This conclusion prompted an attempt at further
analysis of the stygica complex, and as a result of my study I shall
in the following pages define five species from the material at hand.
Each of these is represented by a fairly good series: but after set
ting these aside there still remain sundry individuals which indicate
that the possibilities have not yet been exhausted. The problem is
really a very diflicult one, and I am by no means certain that the
results thus far reached may not be modified by fui'ther experience.
There is yet no good reason to doubt the correctness of Horn's
course in uniting dolosa Lee. and smaragdhia Lee. with dygica.
These forms dififer very little except in color, varying from black in
Washington and Oregon, through dark blue (Northern California)
to a more or less brilliant green in the southern Sierras of Califor-
nia. The true stygica, as represented in Southern California by the
form smaragdina, appears to be confined to the more elevated re-
gions, being not rare at altitudes of 5000 to 7000 feet. The form
to which I have given the name piirpuraseens is purplish or violet-
black, and with rather more slender thorax and antennse. It in
habits the valleys from Kern to San Diego Counties. Chloris is
distinguished by its comparatively slender antennse and by the pu
bescence being whitish instead of blackish as in all others of the
stygica group. It is found in Kern and Tulare Counties, "always
at about 1000 feet elevation " (Hopping). Nigripilis occurs in the
same region, but at decidedly greater altitudes (2500-5000 feet) as
I am told by Mr. Hopping. It is unquestionably a good spe'cies,
differing conspicuously by the abundant pubescence of the upper
surfiice. Stolida is a stouter black or greenish black form inhabit-
ing the region about San Francisco; it is separable from the others
by the form of the head, this being gradually wider behind instead
of parallel.
In the case of sphcericollis it is quite as difficult to draw any very
satisfactory lines of division. Typical sphcericollis inhabits the
plains east of the Rocky Mountains from Dakota to New Mexico.
It is greenish bronze in color and with a slightly transverse, very
convex (subglobose) thorax. Specimens from the mountains of
Colorado (Estes Park) are quite true to type, though blue in color;
others from Eastern Wasiiington (Spokane and Pullman), and
Eastern California (Owen's Valley), the former green, the latter
blue, are less shining and have a somewhat le.ss convex thorax,
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 295
which is scarcely at all transverse ; these also may, I think, be fairly
considered no more than .local races of sphcericollis.
On leaving the arid regions and passing over the mountains into
the true Pacific fauna, we encounter a form, of which examples from
Northern California (Shasta and Siskiyou Counties) may be con-
sidered typical, that seems worthy of a specific name ; it may be
called infidelis. In this the thorax is distinctly more elongate and
less convex than in sphcericol/is, the color is deep blue, and the size
rather greater on the average. With these I have also placed a
series of black specimens from the vicinity of San Francisco.
Specimens bearing the label compressicornis are in most collec-
tions, but in the material sent me for examination these are all
sph(ericollis. The former should be known by the strongly trans
verse intermediate antennal joints of the male. These same joints,
as Mr. Blanchard writes me after examining the LeConte series,
are distinctly concave as though fitted for clasping ; a character
which Mr. Liebeck has more recently verified for me in the Horn
types. In sphcericollis the same joints are as long as wide or very
nearly so.
It seems not to have been remarked that in all the species of this
group (presumably — though I have not verified it in couvSica), the
front tibiae are densely pale pubescent on the inner side in both
sexes, almost throughout their length.
In view of the numerous additions and changes since Horn's most
excellent Review* of the species in 1878, it has been thought worth
while to embody in a single table these .somewhat scattered observa-
tions and corrections. Following the table will be found brief de-
scriptions of the forms here recognized as new.
Antennse of male with intermediate joiuts either deformed or thicker than those
which precede or follow. Anteunse more or less moniliform iu both
sexes, gradually stouter to tip in the female and not much longer than
the head and thorax ; longer, but never equal to half the length of the
body in the male Group 1.
Antennee not appreciably dissimilar in structure in the sexes, though usually
somewhat longer in the male ; either moniliform or slender; in several
species longer than half the length of the body Group II.
Antennae with compressed joints; joints 5-10 subquadrate or distinctly trans-
verse; thorax convex, somewhat globose in form: both hind tibial
spurs slender and acute; .front tibiae densely pubescent on the inner
side Group III.
* Proc. Am. Phil. See, 1873, p. 103.
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296 H. C. FALL.
I.
Antenna} ( % ) with joints 4-6 having a prolongation from tlieir upper side. Mid-
dle tibiae of % flattened, and near the tip somewhat contorted. Black,
occiput red, with median black line. Length 25-29 mm. Hah.—
Texas, near the Mexican border eucera.
Autennje ( % ) with the fifth joint excavated and prolonged upward at the distal
end. Head (except in front) and thorax red, elytra finely scabrous.
Length 20-25 mm. Ha6.— Arizona mtitilata.
Antenna} ( % ) with joints 4-7 elongate-triangular, the apex slightly produced on
the under side. Black, head behind the eyes and thorax, rufous.
Length 18 22 mm. J^flft.— Cape San Lucas penin!«ularis.
Antennae {1, ) with the intermediate joints, usually 4-7, more or less enlarged.
Pygidium of % elongate and dilated at tip; head black, thorax and elytra
yellow, the former with four small black spots in a transverse line, the
latter with a smaller black spot at basal third, and a larger one at
apical third. Length 15-20 mm. Hab. — Texas, near the Mexican
border quadriniaculata.
Pygidium of %, elongate and more or less acute at tip (except deserticola) .
Head and thorax more or less rufous; middle tibiiP of % not compressed
near the apex.
Thorax pentagonal, angulate at sides.
Legs black ; thorax not tuberculate at sides; head orange-yellow, black
between and before the eyes, rarely entirely black; thorax orange-
yellow, often with a median black stripe, rarely black except the
lateral angles; elytra scabrous or obsoletely reticulate. Length 10-28
*mni. Hab. — California (San Diego to Owen's Valley), thence north-
ward by the desert regions of Nevada to Southern Oregon.
Tulnerata.
In the var. coopo-ri the elytra are coarsely reticulate, varying to finely
reticulate; it occurs in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Legs black; thorax trituberculate each side behind the lateral angles;
head and thorax red, labrum and epistoma black : elytra black.
coarsely reticulate. Length 25 mm. Hah. — Santa Margarita Island
(Lower California) margarita.
Legs red, tarsi blackish ; head and thorax red, elytra black, strongly re-
ticulate. Length 23-35 mm. Hah. — Owen's Valley, California, to the
Gila River, Arizona inagister.
Thorax subtransverse, broadly rounded at sides, marked with a transverse
row of four small black spots; femora red, tipped with black; tibia;
and tarsi black ; elytra finely reticulate. Length 18-25 mm. Hah.^
Arizona and New Mexico. deserticola.
Color entirely black ; middle tibia; of % rather strongly compressed near
the ajiex.
Thorax subpentagonal, not angulate at sides, as wide as or slightly wider
than long; joints 4-7 of % antennae enlarged, 5 and 6 largest, but 4
and 7 much larger than 8 ; sixth ventral of % with a deep and
broadly rounded emargination, the lateral angles acutely produced ;
pygidium sinuate before the apex, which is acutely pointed; color
black. Length 15-19 mm. Hah. — Southern California (Foway, War-
ner's Ranch, Temecula) inorosa.
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Thorax oblong, slightly longer than wide, sides broadly arcuate in
front ; joints 4-6 of % antennae enlarged. 7 scarcely different from
8: sixth ventral of % broadly, moderately, deeply emarginate, the
lateral lobes rounded and not produced ; pygidium acutely oval at
tip; color black. Length 15-20 mm. /faft.— Southern Arizona,
Lower California (San Jose del Cabo) nielieiia.
Pygidium of % broadly rounded or truncate at apex.
Hind trochanters of % with an acute spine.
Fifth abdominal segment of % emarginate from side to side, lateral lobes
prominent; color green, head and thorax brilliant aeneous, elytra
usually with strong cupreous or violaceous metallic lustre. Length
16-28 mm. Hab.—"Mmn. ; " Mont, Wyo., Colo., Kans.
nutlalli.
Fifth abdominal segment of % acutely notched at middle, lateral lobes
broadly rounded ; head and thorax green, elytra bluish or violet,
rarely green. Length 13-18 ram. Hab.~M.ctnt. and Wyo. to
Wash., Oreg. and Cal «yaiiipeiinis.
Hind trochanters of % without spine.
Body above glabrous or nearly so.
Antennal joints 4-7 {%) with short erect haijs on the anterior face;
color green, elytra varying to violet. Length 15-18 mm. H/th.—
Kansas, Colorado viridaiia
Antenual joints 4-7 ( ^ ) pilose on their posterior face ; color black
throughout. Length 15-20 mm. /Taft.— California (San Diego
and vicinity) tenebrosa.
Antennal joints of ^ not pilose.
Thorax as wide as long, pentagonal, sides obtusely angulate; joints 4-
• 7 of ^ antenna much enlarged, 5 and 6 largest; fifth ventral of
% not emarginate, sixth deeply and broadly impresso-emarginate.
the lateral lobes prominent. Length 15-18 mm. i/rt6.— Nevada
and desert regions of Eastern California lilkei.
Thorax longer than wide, sides broadly arcuate, not in the least an-
gulate.
Joints 3-5 of % antennae most evidently dilated ; fifth ventral of %
deeply emarginate; black, thorax rarely in part rufous. Length
13-18 mm. ifaJ.— California (Los Angeles Co. to Mendocino Co.),
Lower California childii
Joints 4-6 of % antennae most enlarged ; fifth ventral of ^ not per-
ceptibly emarginate; black throughout. Length 13-18 mm.
flaft.— California fLake, Sacramento and Tulare Counties).
funerea.
Body above conspicuously pubescent.
Body above black, thorax coarsely punctate. Length 13 mm. Hub.—
Colorado, Arizona puberiila
Body above in great part yellow; thorax nearly smooth, base emargin-
ate at middle. Length 7.5-15 mm. ifrti.— Montana to New Mexico
and Arizona bigiitlata.
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398 H. C. FALL.
II.
Anterior tibiae of % with one spur; hind trochanters subaugulate.
Elytra finely punctured, rather glossy, antennae stout. Length 18-23 mm.
Hab. — New Mexico and Arizona geiitilis.
Elytra scabrous, sub()i)aque, antennse slender. Length 12-23 mm. Hab. —
Southern California to Sacramento and Owen's Valley.
nioereii$«.
Anterior tibiae of % with two spurs.
Outer spur of hind tibiae short, stout, broader and concave at tip. 1.
Outer spur rather slender, laminate at tip 2.
1. Elytra black, finely scabrous: hind trochanters of % with an acute spine on
the posterior edge near the tip.
Thorax more elongate, entirely black. Length 18-23 mm. Hab. — Southern
California iiisperata.
Thorax broader, subpentagonal, red, with a large basal spot and narrower
apical margin black. Length 11-21 mm. Hab. — Southern Cali-
fornia (Kern Co.), "Washington" (Fuchs) niolesta.
Elytra reticulate ; hind trochanters of % not spined.
Thorax rather coarsely numerously punctate; elytra coarsely reticulate;
color black throughout. Length 11-25 mm. Hab. — Kansas, Colo-
rado, New Mexico reticulata-
Thorax nearly smooth.
Head (except in front), thorax and basal margin of elytra red; elytra
coarsely reticulate. Length 15-17 mm. Hab. — Arizona.
agrestis.
Head black, with large yellow frontal spot; thorax black, sides bordered
with red ; elytra black, finely reticulate. Length 17-20 mm.
Hab.—Tex-As cribrata.
Elytra fulvous or luteous.
Head and thorax black. Length 15-25 mm. iJafi.— Colorado, Texas.
fulvipeunis.
Head, thorax and elytra luteous. Length 12-20 mm. Hab. — Texas.
dichroa.
2. Antennae mouiliforni, scarcely longer than the head and thorax; black, occi-
put red, with narrow median black line; elytra obsoletely scab-
rous. Length 12.5-19 mm. Hab — Southern California.
occipitalis.
Antennae slender, usually as long as or longer than half the body 3.
3. Thorax as wide as or wider than long ; not or scarcely narrower than the
head 4,
Thorax longer than wide and more evidently narrower than the head 7.
4. Head and thorax black, or of the same color as the elytra 5.
Head or thorax, or both, more or less yellowish red (except difficilis) 6.
5. Hind trochanters of % subangulate beneath ; black, without lustre. Length
12-23 ram. //aft.— California (San Diego Co. to Lake and Planias
Counties) iiiconiinoda.
Hind trochanters of % oval.
Pubescence sparse, blackish, elytra usually with at most a few scattered
erect hairs, which are more noticeable toward the base.
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AnteUnse ( % ) stouter, outer joints more oval, usually distinctly less than
twice as long as wide.
Head broader, subtriangular, the sides a little divergent behind ; form
stouter, the legs shorter and less slender; thiM antennal joint
relatively more elongate; color dull black, rarely greenish black.
Length 8-14 mm. iTaft.— California (San Francisco). . .sflolida.
Head quadrate, sides parallel behind the eyes; form less robust; legs
rather longer and more slender; third antennal joint less elon-
gate; color varying from black through blue to a more or less
brilliant green. Length 9-14 mm. i/a6.— California, Oregon.
Washington slygica.
Antennae ( % ) mor« slender, joints 3-11 more than twice as long as wide,
the outer joints more cylindrical; color black, elytra with faint
purplish or violet lustre. Length 7-14 mm. i7a6.- Southern
California
■ purpiiraMceiis.
Pubescence short, sparse, whitish throughout; antennal joints more parallel
and elongate than in sfygica ; color brilliant green. Length 7-12
mm. Hab. — California (Kern and Tulare Counties). . .chloris.
Pubescence black, moderately long and very conspicuous; black, elytra blu-
ish black. Length 8-14 mm. ifai.— California (Tulare and Tuo-
lumne Counties) nigrinilis.
6. Occiput red, thorax and elytra dark bluish green ; surface with well-marked
pale pubescence. Length 8-15 mm. Jfaft.— California (Middle
and Southern) ; Lower California aurieulata.
Head and elytra brilliant viridi-aeneous, thorax reddish yellow, with median
metallic green spot. Length 8-10 mm. iTaft.— California (" Mil-
lerton ") refulgeus.
Head behind the eyes, and thorax, red ; elytra dark green. Length 8-12 mm.
Hah. — Southern California {eneipennis.
Head greenish black; thorax red, elytra dark green. Length 8-10 mm.
Hab. — California (San Diego) Crot<'hii.
Body black throughout, without lustre; head coarsely punctate; antenna?
more slender, thorax smaller and more narrowed behind than in
stygica or stolida. Length 10-12 mm. i/a6.— California (San
Diego) diflicilis.
7. Color above reddish testaceous, "elytra sometimes black." Length 13-18 mm.
Hab. — Southern California, Lower California.. • -nitidicollis.
Color entirely black. Length 10-16 mm. ifafi.— Southern California.
lugeiis.
Head and thorax viridi-aeneous, elytra violaceous or cupreous. Length 7-12
mm. Hab. — California (Sacramento to Tulare Co.). .rathvoiii.
III.
Anterior tibite of % with two spurs.
Antennffi moderately compressed, intermediate joints ( % ) not or scarcely wider
than long; scutellum rather deeply sulcate.
Thorax very convex, as wide as or somewhat wider than long; color green
or blue. Length 8-13 mm. Hab.— Dakota and Kansas to Eastern
Washington and California sphfericollis.
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300 II. C. FALL.
Thorax less convex, a little longer than wide; color deep blue or black.
Length 8-15 nun. Hub. — Pacific Coast region from Washington
to San Francisco iiifidelis.
Antennse of 'J, 'very strongly compressed ; joints 5-10 about twice as wide as
long; scute.lluni feebly sulcate. Length 8-12 mm. ii"a&.— Cali-
fornia (Owen's Valley) coinpressiroriiis.
Anterior tibise of % without terminal spurs; antericn- femur of %, with sjiine
near the base. Length 12 mm. Hah. — Texas, Colorado.
cunvexa.
C |>eniii!iiulariN sp. nov.— Black; head ^except anteriorly) and thorax
red, surface feebly shining. Head quadrate, parallel behind the eyes, sparsely
finely punctulate. Thorax slightly narrower than the head, subpentagonal with
the side angles broadly rounded, disk flattened with four rather feeble impres-
sions, the lateral ones usually distinct, the basal and apical ones nearly obsolete;
punctures very few and fine. Elytra finely scabrous, a little smoother at base.
Lower surface finely, moderately closely punctulate and pubescent, the meta-
sternura— except along the median line — and the coxae and basal parts of the
femora with denser and longer pubescence than usual. Tarsi slender; hind
tibial spurs very unequal, the outer stout, cylindrical, broader at apex, which is
obliquely truncate and concave.
Male. — Antennge longer and more slender, joints 4-10 triangular shorter, 4-7
produced a little at the apex on the lower (inner) side, their inferior outline
thereby distinctly arcuate; eleventh joint very narrow and pointed, about as
long as the seventh ; fifth ventral broadly emarginate, sixth acutely and rather
deeply notched; pygidinm rounded at apex.
Female. — Antennae shorter, relatively stouter, joints 4-7 not modified ; fifth
ventral truncate, sixth with a small subtriangular emargination. Length 18-
22 mm.
Hah. — Cape San Lucas, Lower California.
This species was given me several years ago by Mr. Fuchs as
mutilata. The latter has quite different male antennae, the head is
widened behind, the pubescence of the lower surface is shorter and
the tarsi stouter. In the female the antennal joints are rounded in
mutilata, and more elongate and subtriangular in peninsularis. The
male ventral characters are also quite different.
C inargarila sp. nov. — Head and thorax red, labrum and epistoma
black, elytra black, coarsely reticulate. Head and thorax sparsely punctate, the
latter strongly angulate at sides and with three acute tubercles along the side
margin posteriorly. Outer spur of hind tibiae very much broader than the inner
one and thinned or laminate from the base. Length 24 mm.
The single example is a male having the fifth ventral sinuate, and
the sixth with a shallow emargination which is very obtusely angu-
late at bottom. The antennae are scarcely perceptibly thickened at
middle, and for this reason the species would perhaps be more ap-
propriately referred to Group II. It is, however, so much like
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 301
cooperi and magister in general facies that it would surely be placed
near them in a cabinet arrangement; in fact the specimen here de-
scribed had been labeled cooperi by Mr. Fuchs, in whose collection
the type remains. In addition to the sculpture of the head and
thorax, the greater difference in the size of the hind tibial spurs,
and the sexual differences of antennae and abdomen, margarita is
further distinguished from cooperi by the head not being sinuate
behind and by the much stouter less compressed tibiae. The type is
from Santa Margarita Island, Lower California.
C inorora. sp. nov. — Black, glabrous, shining. Head and thorax polished,
with very few fine scattered punctures, elytra finely scabrous. Antennae ( "^ ) a
little longer than the head and thorax, with joints 4-7 much enlarged, 8-10 sub-
globular, the eighth a little elongate. In the female the antennse are shorter and
gradually incrassate as usual. Head quadi-ate ; thorax as wide as long, subpenta-
gonal, with side angles rounded ; disk quadri-impressed, the lateral impressions
sometimes obsolete. In the male the middle tibife are distinctly compressed near
the apex; the fifth ventral is distinctly sinuate at middle, the sixth with a broad
deep rounded emargination, the lateral lobes acutely prominent. The outer spur
of the hind tibiae is obviously stouter than the inner, but the difference is not as
strongly marked as in many species. Length 15-19 mm.
Hab. — California, San Bernardino, Riverside (Temecula) and
San Diego (Warner's Ranch, Poway) Counties. Collections of
Dr. Blaisdell and Mr. Fuchs.
C fiinerea. sp, nov. — Black, glabrous; head and thorax shining, nearly
impunctate; elytra feebly but not very finely scabrous, somewhat shining. An-
tennae ( 'S ) a little longer than the head and thorax, joints 4-6 enlarged, tlie 3rd
and 7th also a little dilated, 8th a little narrower than the seventh and slightly
elongate, 9th and 10th about as wide as long. In the female the antennae are
rather shorter than the head and thorax and gradually stouter, the outer joints
about as wide as long. Thorax a little narrower than the head, suboval, sides
broadly rounded, a little more strongly so in front: disk moderately and nearly
evenly convex, with a feebly impressed or subobsolete median line. Legs slen-
der, anterior tibiae of % with two spurs, outer spur of hind tibiae stouter than the
inner, broader and concave at tip. Fifth ventral ( % ) truncate, sixth broadly
arcuately emarginate, the lateral lobes slightly prominent; pygidium rounded at
apex. Length 13-18 mm.
Hab. — California, Lake, Sacramento and Tulare Counties.
One $ in Dr. Van Dyke's collection, and 2 females submitted by
Mr. Fuchs are all I have seen of this species. It resembles several
other black species in a superficial way, but is easily separated from
all others by the form and sculpture of the thorax, combined with
the sexual characters of the antennae and abdomen. Its nearest
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. AUG., 1901.
302 H. C. FALL.
allies appear to be chlldii and melwna, from both of which the char-
acters given in the table readily separate it. In childii the antennae
are obviously longer in both sexes.
C. agresf is sp. nov. — Head and thorax red, the former black in front, sur-
face polished and very sparsely finely punctulate; elytra black, basal margin
red, surface coarsely reticulate and subopaque. Head parallel behind the eyes.
Antennfe a little longer than the head and thorax in the female, joints elongate-
oval or subelliptical ; a little longer and slightly stouter in the male. Thorax as
long as wide, slightly narrowed behind, more strongly so in front, sides arcuate.
Body beneath black, moderately, closely, finely punctate, with short black pu-
bescence. Legs rather slender. Fifth ventral ( % ) rather feebly sinuate at mid-
dle ; sixth with a small triangular emargination, which is about as deep as wide.
In the female the fifth ventral is truncate, the sixth subsinuate at apex. Tibial
spure as in reticulata. Length 15-17 mm.
Hah. — iVrizona. Two males and one female in the National
Museum collection. Probably most nearly related to cribrata,
specimens of which I have not seen. The latter is said to have
the elytra finely reticulate, which is not the case in agrestis, and
there are differences in coloration.
C stolida sp. nov.— Eather robust, black, or more rarely greenish black,
head somewhat shining, thorax and elytra dull. Head subtriangular, evidently
broader behind, punctuation rather coarse, moderately coarse at sides, sparser at
middle; frontal spot present. Antennae of % scarcely passing the middle of the
elytra, joints oval, 4-10 not more than one half longer than wide : third but little
shorter than the fourth and fifth united. Thorax nearly as in s^i/^ica. Elytra
finely scabrous, almost without pubescence. Fifth ventral of % feebly sinuate,
sixth acutely notched and longitudinally impressed, the lateral lobes broadly
rounded. Length 8-14 mm.
Hab, — San Francisco.
This species is certainly near the black Oregon and Washington
forms which constitute the typical stygica. Its more robust form,
somewhat shorter and stouter legs, the evidently divergent tempora,
and the relatively longer third anteuual joint seem to me sufficient
cause for its separation. I take this course with more confidence,
inasmuch as specimens sent to Mr. Blanchard and compared by
him with the LeConte types, seemed to him clearly distinct.
C piirpiirasrens sp. nov.— Rather slender, black, with faint purplish or
violet lustre, which is more conspicuous on the elytra. The color is very constant
in the ten examples before me. The thorax is somewhat more elongate than in
ntygica, the pubescence more evident, though sparse, and the antenna {%) are
evidently more slender, joints 3-11 —except possibly the tenth— being more than
twice as long as wide. Length 7-14 mm.
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Hab. — California.
This species occurs at low elevations in Los Angeles County
(Pasadena) and at Riverside, also in Kern County.
V. chloris sp. nov. — Brilliant green, elytra more roughly scabrous and
opaque than in the green and blue forms of stygica {smaragdina and dolosa) ; pu-
bescence whitish throughout, but sparse and inconspicuous above. Antennae
slender, the outer joints ( % ) more nearly cylindrical and fully twice as long as
wide. Length 7-12 mm.
Hab. — California.
I have seen numerous specimens collected in Kern and Tulare
Counties.
C nigripilis sp. nov. — Black, elytra blue-black. Head and thorax pol-
ished, moderately punctate, elytra dull, scabrous, pubescence black, erect, and
far more abundant and conspicuous than in any of the other forms that have
passed as stygica. Antennal joints 8-10 subcylindrical, scarcely twice as long as
wide, 11th joint suddenly and very acutely pointed. Fifth ventral segment ( % )
broadly, moderately, deeply emarginate and broadly impressed. Outer spur of
hind tibise less slender than in stygica. Length 8-4 mm.
Hab. — Sierras of California, from Tulare to Tuolumne Counties.
C. diflicilix sp. nov. — Black, head feebly shining, with small frontal pale
spot; thorax and elytra subopaque, the latter nearly glabrous. Head quadrate,
parallel behind the eyes, coarsely, moderately, closely punctate. Antennae ( % )
slender, passing the middle of the elytra; joints 3-10 nearly equal in length and
very slightly increasing in width, the tenth twice as long as wide. Thorax dis-
tinctly narrower and smaller than the head, slightly transverse, sides rounded in
front, then nearly straight and distinctly convergent to base; disk feebly convex
and sparsely but not very finely punctate. Elytra nearly twice as wide as the
thorax, parallel, rather finely scabrous. Length 10-12 mm.
Hab. — California, San Diego.
Described from eight examples collected by Dunn in March and
April. The antennae are shorter in the female as is usual. In the
male the fifth ventral is broadly sinuate, the sixth triangularly
emarginate, the eraargination nearly as deep as wide and with the
angle at bottom narrowly rounded. Spurs of hind tibiae nearly as
in stygica. Difficilis is in most points of structure closely related to
stygica, but may be distinguished from black forms of the latter by
its rather more depressed form, smaller thorax and more slender
male antennse.
C iiififlelis sp. nov.
A detailed description of this species is unnecessary, the only
differences of note between it and sphmricollis being those already
mentioned in the table.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. AUG., 1901.
304 H. C. FALL.
C\ cooperi.
This form has long stood as a variety of vulnerata, and is left so
in the preceding table, though I believe this reference to be open to
doubt. In all the specimens of coojieri that I have seen there is an
almost entire lack of the black thoracic stripe which is usual in
vulnerata; the elytra are coarsely reticulate, and the middle and
hind tibipe of the male more strongly dilated than in any males of
vulnerata. that have come under my notice. From Horn's paper
there should be intermediates in elytral sculpture, but I have not as
yet seen such. Cooperi is much more northern in range.
L.EFTOGENlU!S.
Ij. Tirginicus sp. nov. — Eufotestaceons, elytra, except at base, and fifth
abdominal segment more or less infuscate. Upper surface densely, rather
coarsely sculptured, opaque: abdomen beneath more finely and less closely punc-
tate, somewhat shining. The cephalic sculpture consists of contiguous shallow
variolate punctures which are coarser beneath than above. The punctuation of
the thorax and especially of the elytra is deeper and clearly defined, but appears
slightly rugose. The head is slightly shorter than the elytra, the latter a little
longer than wide, and equal in length to the first four abdominal segments.
Length 1.7-1.8 mm.
This species appears to conform perfectly to Casey's generic diag-
nosis and must be very close to his brevicornis ; in which, however,
the sculpture is said to be granulose ; the elytra are quadrate and
(judging from the figui'e) shorter than the head, and evidently
shorter than the first four segments of the abdomen. Of the three
examples before me two are tnales, both having the sixth ventral
formed as described by Casey of brevicornis. In the single female
the apex of the sixth segment is very distinctly broadly angulate.
In brevicornis the same segment is said to be extremely feebly angu- '
late. My specimens were given me by my friend Mr, W. D. Rich-
ardson of Fredericksburg, Va., who very generously donated half
his catch. They were all sifted from the refuse underlying a pile of
decaying fruit in August.
MYCETISTA.
M. endomyclioitles sp. nov. ^Elongate-oval, less convex than M. perpul-
chra, and with the sides of the elytra less rounded. Head and thorax black,
elytra rufous, each with two discoidal black spots, the anterior one smaller,
obliquely oval, the posterior one large, truncate in front, beginning at the mid-
dle and terminating about two-fifths of its own length from the apex. Antennae
rufous; legs and under surface inclining to piceous. Punctuation both above
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 305
and beneath sparse and fine, the punctures separated as a rule by from two to
three times their own diameters. Pubescence of upper surface fine, sparse and
inconspicuous, more evident beneath. Prothorax nearly twice as wide as long,
sides parallel, narrowed in apical third, feebly sinuate behind, the hind angles a
little acute; sides strongly margined; disk feebly convex, longitudinal im-
pressed lines deep, arcuate, reaching about to the middle; transverse sub-basal
impressed line as usual. Elytra very slightly wider at base than the thorax and
nearly four times as long; sides broadly arcuate, surface faintly rugulose and
less shining than the thorax; sutural stria very fine, but evident toward the
apex. Length 4 mm.
Ifa6.— Califorula, Lake Tahoe and Kaweah— one example from
each locality.
The few species which we now refer to Mycetina (I have not seen
limbata) exhibit somewhat notable differences, especially in oral
and sternal structure, the importance of which cannot be deter-
mined until the family has been subjected to monographic treat-
ment. Perpulchra and homii are certainly congeneric. In them
the terminal joint of the maxillary palpi is elongate-conical and
scarcely as wide as the second joint; the terminal joint of the labial
palpi subquadrate and squarely truncate at apex ; the last joint of
the antennse not longer than the tenth ; the prosternum with deep
impressed marginal lines which unite at the apex; mesosternum
transverse, narrowed in front. While closely allied, they may
readily be separated by the form of the thorax— more narrowed in
front in perpulchra and the difference in the modification of the
male tibise Testacea differs very conspicuously from the two pre-
ceding by the abundant pubescence; the second joint of the maxil-
lary palpi is not wider than the terminal joint; the labial palpi are
smaller, the last joint slender and narrowed apically ; last joint of
antennje longer than the tenth ; prosternum more parallel and not
margined; mesosternum slightly longer than wide, the sides parallel.
In endomychoides the last joint of the maxillary palpi is oval
pointed and much stouter than in the preceding species ; the labial
palpi are smaller, but apparently formed nearly as in perpulchra
and homii; the last antennal joint longer than the preceding;
the prosternum is not margined posteriorly; the mesosternum is
quite strongly transverse, the sides parallel, the front angles nar-
rowly rounded. The femora are less clavate than in either of the
other species, being more like Endomychiis biguttatus in this respect,
as it also is in the form of the mesosternum and in coloration.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (39) NOV., 1901.
306 H. C. FALL.
CORYIVIItlTEK.
The two species made known below are sufficiently conspicuous to
permit their description in an isolated manner. It is to be hoped
that the genus may receive a thorough and much needed revision in
the near future.
C iiiirHhiliK sp. nov. — Black, elytra ferrugineous brown, vestiture of
upper surface dense, sericeous, reddish orange in color, the hairs lying in such
directions as to present the appearance of darker bands and spots. As viewed
perpendicularly from above they are as follows: the entire posterior half of the
prothorax. except for a median transverse row of four small spots ; and the front
margin, except the angles ; on the elytra three transverse bands— a broader
irregular sub-basal one, a narrower one slightly post-median, and a smaller one
before the apex, all narrowly interrupted at the suture. .\nteuuje reaching the
base of the prothorax, second joint scarcely more than half the length of the
third, the latter triangular and nearly as long, but narrower than the fourth ;
joints 3-11 subequal in length, the middle ones slightly wider and nearly as wide
as long. Prothorax as wide as long, sides strongly rounded and deeply sinuate
before the hind angles, which are strongly divergent, acuminate, and finely cari-
nate; surface densely, finely punctate. Elytra very slightly wider at base than
the thorax, a little wider behind, finely striate, striae punctate, interspaces finely
punctulate but not rugose. Beneath sparsely clothed with short brownish hairs.
Prothoracic flanks rather coarsely and densely punctate, otherwise finely not
closely punctate. Length 93 mm.; width 4 mm.
This exceedingly beautiful species has been kindly donated by
Mr. Ralph Hopping, who took two specimens at Kaweah in the
Sierras of Tulare County, California. Three others have recently
been taken by Dr. Fenyes near the entrance to Yosemite Valley.
The antennse are nearly as in fallax, which species mlrabUis, in a
general way, resembles in the arrangement of the pubescence.
C tigrinu!^ sp. nov.
Nearly similar in form, color and markings to triundulahis, the
principal differences being as follows: Size distinctly larger (12
mm.) ; thora.x more rounded at sides, densely and less finely punc-
tate, disk with a spot on either side of the middle bearing erect
black hairs, and j)osterior to each of these a similar but smaller
spot; surface duller; the transverse bands of the elytra blacker,
the hairs on these areas being blackish and contrasting sharply
with the otherwise grayish pubescence. The antennse are similar,
but the second and third joints are together obviously longer than
the fourth, the latter being wider and longer than any of those
following.
The unique type is from Lake Tahoe, California. It is appar-
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 307
ently a female, and the antennae do not pass the hind angles of the
thorax; they are very likely longer in the male, in which also the
sides of the thorax may prove to be less strongly rounded.
A€.M^£ODERA.
A. bowditclii sp. nov ^-Moderately robust, not strongly depressed, piceons
bronzed. Thorax with or without a small lateral yellow spot at basal third.
Elytra with four more or less irregular transverse rows of yellow spots, which
have a tendency to become confluent, especially toward the apex. Head densely
punctate, vertical carina feeble. Thorax twice as wide as long, very slightly
dilated before the hind angles, rather feebly narrowed in front, lateral margin
not visible from above, discal impressions moderate, punctuation dense and
moderately coarse at sides, less close and somewhat finer toward the middle.
Elytra feebly narrowed to apical third, thence more rapidly to apex; sculpture
about as nsual. Prosternum slightly retracted, front margin nearly straight.
Abdomen rather coarsely and closely punctate, especially toward the apex ; api-
cal plate large, truncate or broadly rounded, the free edge thin and even.
Length 8-9 mm.
Hah. — Southeastern California ; Arizona (Prescott).
At the time of my Revision of Acmceodera I possessed a single
specimen of this species, which I was then unwilling to define, but
which was set apart as being probably distinct. Since then, through
the kindness of Mr. Frederick Blanchard, I have received several
examples from Prescott, Arizona, these being a part of a considera-
ble series collected some years ago by Mr. H. K. Burrison and sent
by him to ^[r. F. C. Bowditch of Boston. The species is dedicated
with pleasure to friend Bowditch, to whom we are indebted for its
distribution. Bowditchi belongs to the Group Emarginatte, and
would stand between flavosticta and acuta in the table of the Group.
As compared with flavosticta it is less depressed, less pointed behind,
the thorax less transverse, the elytral spots more numerous and the
abdominal punctuation coarser. As compared with ac\da, the elytra
are somewhat more coarsely sculptured, the fifth interspace is dis-
tinctly more convex toward the base, the elytral spots are larger and
more constant, the abdominal sculpture coarser and the apical plate
wider. The markings are much like those in some specimens of
variegata, which species is, however, somewhat more depressed, with
much more finely punctured abdomen and no apical plate.
A. liicia sp. nov. — Closely related to pulchella and obtiisa, between which it
should be placed. The sides of the thorax are slightly but unmistakably re-
tracted behind, instead of being convergent from the base as in pulchella; the
lateral margin is still more inferior ; the thoracic punctuation more shallow and
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
308 H. C. FALL.
subvariolate, and the outer antennal joints more acuminate. Tlie lateral tlioracic
spot is present in all examples seen, and is, as a rule, wider than in pulchella. In
one example there is a smaller spot within and tangent to the outer one, and in
some specimens there is a small yellow spot on each side of the prosternum. The
elytral ornamentation resembles in a general way that in certain forms of pul-
chella and is quite variable. It may be described as consisting of four (or five)
transverse yellow bands interrupted at the suture, the bands either fairly regu-
lar, or quite as often decidedly irregular and frequently so connected laterally as
to leave the margin entirely yellow. Length 6-9 mm.
Ifai.— California (eastern or southeastern); Arizona (Prescott
and Fort Apache); Colorado (Glenwood Springs — Fenyes).
The Prescott specimens are from the same source as in the pre-
ceding species, and to Mr. Blanchard is due the credit of first point-
ing out the differences between it and pulchella. The species is
dedicated to a friend in grateful remembrance of past favors.
SCYTHROPIJS.
With the accumulation of material it is becoming increasingly
apparent that Captain Casey was quite correct in remarking* that
the species of this genus are somewhat numerous! Four new species
were described by him in the paper mentioned in the foot-note, viz.:
ferrugineus, lateralis, cinereus and crassicornis, the first named from
two examples, the others from uniques. So far as I know none of
these are recognized in any other collections, and practically every-
thing is still referred either to elegans or to calif ornicus. I have
been able to \^Qnt\^y ferrugineus in material sent me by the National
Museum, where it passed as californicus, but I ara as yet quite unac-
quainted with the other species described by Casey.
Both Horn and Casey were at fault in supposing the variation in
the relative lengths of the abdominal segments to be of a specific
nature. These differences are purely sexual, and substantially the
same in all species, the second segment being nearly equal in length
to the two following united in the female, but distinctly shorter in
the male. There are differences in the relative lengths of the fu
nicular joints and also in the form of the front and middle tibiae —
the latter in part sexual — which are of use in specific characteriza-
tion, but these — more especially the funicular joints— seem subject
to a sufficient an?ount of individual variation to make their use
hazardous except in series.
*' On some New North American Rhynchophora. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., iv,
1888, p. 274.
AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 309
The very small Lower Californian species, more recently described
by Horn as Scythropus delicatulus is not a Scythropiis at all. The
rostral characters are very different from Scythropus, the divergent
alse and long scrobes being nearly as in Oyphomimiis. In Scxjthro-
pus the tibife are mucronate in both sexes; in delicatulus they are
nmcronate in the male only. There are also antennal and abdomi-
nal differences, and the coloration is not Scythropoid in type. It is
probable that a new genus will be found necessary when the Otio
rhynchidie shall have been properly revised.
Two new names appear in the following tabular statement, follow-
ing which will be found brief descriptions. It has of course been
necessary to use the characters given by Captain Casey, for the sepa-
ration of the species described by him, and as yet unknown to me.
Scales of elytral disk more, or less mottled, especially toward the suture.
Antennal scape long, slender, passing distinctly beyond the posterior margin
of the eye.
Body black, legs rufous; vestiture denser, scales of upper surface from one-
half longer than wide to twice as long as wide californiciiM.
Body ferruginous throughout; vestiture sparser, scales much more elongate,
at least three to four times as long as wide, and at certain parts of the
elytral disk— notably in the scutellar region^quite hairlike.
f'errugiiieiis.
Antennal scape short, robust, arcuate, just passing the posterior margin of the
eye crassicornis.
Scales of elytral disk not mottled, the sides and sutural interspace usually paler.
Elytra tumid at the sides along the humeral iuterval lateralis.
Elytra evenly convex at sides.
Anterior tibiae of male distinctly arcuate toward the apex, the inner and
outer margins nearly parallel ; fourth funicular joint subequal to the
tliird elegans.
Anterior tibise of male less evidently bent toward the apex, the outer mar-
gin more broadly arcuate, inner margin more strongly sinuate or
roundly emarginate in apical half.
Elytral vestiture relatively spaise, the scales well separated, uniformly
cinereous; elytral intervals with a row of erect scales; funicular
joints uniformly and rather rapidly decreasing in length cinereiis.
Elytral vestiture dense, suture and sides paler; erect sette almost entirely
wanting, visible only on the declivity, where they are short, subre-
cumbent and inconspicuous; fourth funicular joint usually ilistinctly
longer than the thij-d.
Prothorax more transverse ; scales of elytra much broader, averaging
about one-half longer than wide, those of intervals 2-6 but slightly
darker than those of the sutural and outer intervals, ashy white, with
faint greenish lustre albidiis.
Prothorax less transverse; scales of elytra more elongate, fully or more
TRANS. AM. KNT SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
310 H. C. FALL.
tliiiii twice as long as wide, those of the sides and siitnral interval
paler and contrasting strongly with the rest of the disk, wliich varies
in color from ochreo-cinereous to greenish or cupreons iniscix.
S. siH»i«lns sp. nov. — Slightly more robust, but rather less convex than
elegans. Black, legs and anteunje bright rufous; vestiture consisting of broad
densely placed scales, whi(!h are nearly white on the sutural interval and at the
sides of the elytra, elsewhere ashy white, with faint greenish or pearly lustre;
elytral setaj visible only on the declivity, where they are short, subrecumbent
and inconspicuous. First funicular joint equal to the second and third united,
fourth distinctly longer than the third, fifth shortest. Thorax fully one-half
wider than long, widest at middle, sides evenly arcuate. Elytra widest at apical
third, posthutneral sinuatiou feeble. Front and middle tibia' strongly deei>ly
arcuate within in apical half, the inner margin almost angulate above the sinus;
outer margin more broadly arcuate toward the apex. Length 6.5 mm.
Described from a single female taken by myself at Lake Tahoe,
California.
S. niiscix sp. nov. — Black, antennae rufous, legs blackish in the male,
rufous in the female; vestiture dense, sides and sutural interspace of the elytra
cinereous, elsewhere with a decided ochreous or greenish tint ; scales somewhat
variable, but as rule quite twice as long as wide and rather coarsely strigose.
Autennte and legs nearly as inalbidus. Abdominal setce unusually numerous
and bristling in the male, less so in the female. Length 4.6-6.8 mm.
The type series sent me by Mr. Ricksecker is from the vicinty of
Sacramento, California, and was I believe collected by Koebele.
With these I have placed specimens from Easton, Washington
(Koebele), and Helena, Montana (Hubbard and Schwarz), which
conform rather closely to the types, but are very variable in color,
some being brilliant green or cupreous. These strikingly resemble
elegans, but seem distinct and more nearly in accoi-d with miscix by
the more strongly emarginate, less parallel front tibiae ( S ), by the
more arcuate middle tibiae, the relatively longer fourth funicular
joint, the slightly more transverse thorax and the more hirsute
abdomen.
Elegans seems to range entirely across the continent, there being
specimens from Montana and California in the material before me
which I am not able to separate. Californicus extends the entire
length of the Pacific district, and eastward to New Mexico, if .a
speciMin from the latter locality is properly referred.
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De!«cription of a 9few Genus and Five Kew Species of
ACULEATE HY.^IEXOPTERA from the Santa
Fe mountains, New Mexico.
BY P. CAMEfeON.
(New Mills, by Stockport, England.)
PARAiVASARIS gen. nov.
Radial cellule with a distinct cellule at its apex, elongate, reach-
ing to the apex of the wing ; three closed cubital cellules, the 2nd
and 3rd receiving each a recurrent nervure. Autenu?e short, cla-
vate, becoming gradually thickened from the fifth joint to the base
of the last. Eyes reaching close to the base of the mandibles.
Occiput sharply margined. Petiole elongate, as long as the rest of
the abdomen, stout, the basal third narrower than the middle; the
extreme apex distinctly narrowed, forming a short neck. Second
abdominal segment bell shaped, longer than the petiole. Mandibles
short, not toothed at the apex. The occiput is transver.'-e behind ;
the space behind the eyes is moderate; the eyes slightly converge
below ; the prothorax is large ; the apex of the tegulse extends
beyond the base of the scutellum, w hich is flat and is slightly nar-
rowed towards the apex, where there is a wide transverse furrow ;
the post-scutellum is not clearly separated from the metanotum.
The alar stigma is distinct ; the transverse basal nervure is inter-
stitial ; in the hind wings the radial cubital and discoidal nervures
extend to the apex of the wings, and the transverse cubital nervure
is distinct ; the anal nervure is distinct but short, it not extending
beyond the transverse median nervure, which is straight and oblique
and does not reach to the middle of the wing; the submedian cellule
thus formed is wide ; the anal cellule is open at the apex, through
the shortness of the anal nervure. The clypeus is large, convex,
its apex is transvei'se, with the sides obliquely narrowed ; at the
base of the scutellum, behind the transverse groove separating it
from the mesonotum, is a row of large fovea? ; the inner spur of
the tibiiB is much larger and broader than the outer one ; there is a
short blunt tooth or dilatation on the base of the claw.
The principal characteristics of this genus — the sliort dilated an-
tennae and the presence of two spurs on the middle tibiae — refer it
to the Masaridse if anywhere, as the two spurs on the middle tibiae
TRANS. AM. ENT SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
312 p. CAMERON.
separate it from the Eunienidse, and tlie form of the claws prevents
it from being placed in the Vespidae, as well as the fact that the 2nd
cubital cellule does not receive both the recurrent nervures, which
is always the case with the Vespidae. I have not ventured to ex-
ti'act the mouth organs in order to make an exact examinaticm of
the palpi ; but I can make out with certainty the fact that there are
at least 5 joints in the maxillary and 4 in the labial palpi. The
genus differs from the typical Masaridae in having 3 closed cubital
cellules, and in the recurrent nervures being received in different
cellules, in which respect it agrees with the genus Euparagia Cres-
son, from which it may be known, inter alia, by the distinctly ap-
pendiculated radial cellule. In the latter respect it agrees w^ith
Qaartinia, but that genus otherwise is a typical form of Masaridse.
The Masaridae, as defined by de Saussure and other writers, have only
two closed cubital cellules, so that if the present genus and Euparagia
are to be included in it, the definition will have to be altered, so far
as the number of the cubital cellules is concerned.
Paramaifaris fuscipeuuis sp. uov.
Black, covered with a white pile; the under side of the antennae brownish, the
apex of the petiole and of the second segment pallid yellow; the wings fuseo-
hyaliue ; the radial cellule smoky ; the stigma and nervures black. 9 • Long :
7 mm.
Antennfe shorter than the thorax ; the joints of the club clearly separated, the
thickening commences from the 4th joint. The front, vertex and the upper part
of the eye incision distinctly punctured ; the clypeus is shining and less strongly
and closely punctured ; its apex is distinctly depressed and the sides are roundly
narrowed. The sides of the thorax are more densely covered with a silvery pile
than the upper part; the pro- and mesothorax are closely and distinctly punc-
tured ; on the apex of the mesonotum, in the centre, are two short deep furrows,
which are deep and are wider at the apex than at the base. The scutellum is
more strongly and somewhat more widely punctured ; its basal furrow bears 7
stout longitudinal keels. The median segment, except on the base and the lower
part of the pleurae, bears large, round, deep punctures; the centre in the apex is
smooth, shining and depressed ; down the middle of the segment is a narrow,
transversely striated band ; the transverse striae being weaker at the base, and at
the apex they are stouter and fewer in number. The base of the protborax is
keeled all round; behind this keel is another less distinct one, which curves
backwards above to near the end of the pronotuni; on the pleurae the space be-
tween the two keels is striated. Mesopleurae obscurely and sparsely punctured ;
in front of the centre are 7 large foveae, the upper 4 are round and deep and the
uppermost is in front of the others; the lower ones are larger and deeper, are
separated by stout keels, and are placed more in front of those in the middle so
that the row of fovea; forms a curve ; the apex is bordered by a narrow creunla-
ted furrow. On the lower half of the base of the metapleurae are four deep
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 313
fovete separated by stout keels; on the upper half, behind the middle, is a row
of smaller fovese ; the apical half is irregularly closely reticulated. Legs prui-
nose, black ; the tarsi with a fuscous tint ; the calcaria are testaceous. The radial
cellule is distinctly appendiculated, the appendicular cellule being longer than
broad ; the 2nd cubital cellule at the top is not one-fourth of the length of the
3rd, at the bottom half its length; the first recurrent nervure is received near
the base, the 2nd close to the middle of the cellule; the transverse basal nervure
is interstitial. Abdomen pruiuose ; the petiole is fully longer than the 2nd seg- ,
ment and is punctured; the punctures at the base being stronger than on the
rest of it ; the apex is depressed and narrowed ; near the base of the narrowed
neck is a row of depressed furrows.
Hah. — Santa Fe Mountains, New Mexico.
IVyssou aiireobalteatus sp. nov.
Black, densely covered with silvery pubescence; the abdominal segments with
broad, interrupted pale yellow bands on the apices; the last segments ending in
two large broad teeth, which are rounded and narrowed at the apex ; the wings
hyaline, slightly tinged with fuscous ; the stigma and nei'vuies black. %. Long:
10 mm.
Antennffi black; the 10th to 12th joints slightly dilated towards the apex be-
neath. Front and vertex closely and rather strongly punctured ; the front
above the antennse convex, this dilated part being keeled in the centre. The
apex of the clypeus has a broad, distinct margin, and is not quite transverse ; the
labrum is fringed with white hair. The mandibles are broadly rufous at the
base. Pro- and mesonotum strongly and closely punctured ; the base of the
mesonotum is covered with golden pubescence. The scutellum is more coarsely
punctured than the mesonotum, its sides are stoutly margined and project
roundly at the sides at the apex ; the post-scutellum is broadly bilobate at the
apex. Median segment coarsely, irregularly reticulated ; the teeth are longish,
project obliquely and are broadly yellow. Mesopleurse, except on the basal and
apical slopes, rugosely punctured. On the upper part of the base of the meta-
pleuriE are three stout longitudinal keels, the lower keel is roundly curved and
is placed nearer the middle one than is the upper ; the lower part of the base and
apex is smooth, the rest is punctured. Legs black, covered with white pubes-
cence; the knees and the four front tibige testaceous in front; the spines on the
hinder tibige are pale; the c^alcaria black. The pedicle of the 2nd cubital cellule
is as long as the basal branch of the nervure, which is roundly curved ; the 2nd
is straight and oblique; the first recurrent nervure is received close to the base
of the cellule, the second shortly beyond the middle. The fii-st abdominal seg-
ment is closely and strongly, the 2nd less strongly and much more sparsely punc-
tured ; the lateral marks are all much broader than long; the 2nd to 5th ventral
segments are narrowly lined with yellow at the apex ; the last segment is strongly,
rugosely, but not very closely, punctured, except at the base ; there are two large
apical teeth, which become narrowed and rounded at the apex, they form a semi-
circle ; at their base on the outerside, is, on either side, a very short rounded pro-
jection, which does not reach to the base of the incision. The ventral surface is
thickly covered with silvery pubescence.
Hah. — Santa Fe Mountains, New Mexico.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (40) NOV., 1901.
314 p. CAMERON.
Comes near to N. fuscipes Cresson, from Texas. The form of the
last segment is different. In tlie present species the incision is dis-
tinctly wider than h)ng ; the teeth being not mucli longer tliau their
width at the base. In fuscipes the incision is distinctly longer than
wide, and the teeth are long and narrow ; the lateral teeth, too, are
sharper and narrower and extend beyond the base of the incision,
which is not the case with the present species. The bands on the
apices of the segments have a distinct golden color. The 7th ab-
dominal segment ( <J ) of N^ fuscipes is figured by Handlirsch Sitzb.
der Kais. Akad. der Wissensch., 1887, pi. iv, p. 23.
AlyMoii flavomaviilatiis sp. nov.
Black, the clypeus, two marks on tlie apex of the pronotum, a line on its hinder
edge, an interrupted line near the base of the scutellum, two small marks near
the middle of the basal segment of the abdomen, and a broad, irregular band on
the base of the 2nd segment, bright yellow ; the wings hyaline, the nervures and
stigma black. %. Long: 7 mm.
Antennse stout, black, the scape broadly yellow below; the flagellum covered
with a short black pile. Head black ; the lower two-thirds of the inner orbits —
the band, broad below, narrowed above — the clypeus and the mandibles, except
at the apex, yellow; the front, face and clypeus densely covered with silvery pu-
bescence; the front minutely and closely punctured. Mesonotum closely and
minutely punctured and covered with a short down, as is also the scutellum.
The post-scutellum is thickly (covered with fuscous pubescence. In the centre of
the median area is a large, somewhat triangular area, which reaches close to the
top of the apical slope, in its centre are two stout keels which diverge slightly
towards the apex; the sides are marked with short keels, which nnite to the
bounding keels; on the outer side of these are some irregular longer keels, there
being also a few on the innerside of the lateral keels. The whole segment, and
more particularly the apical slope, is covered thickly with white pubescence; the
mesopleuraj are less thickly covered with similar pubescence. Legs black ; the
knees, the whole of the anterior tibiae and the base of the middle tibiaj in front,
testaceous; the whole of the legs are covered with a wliite pile. Wings clear
hyaline, the nervures and stigma black ; the first transverse cubital nervure is
broadly rounded ; the 2nd is straight and oblique; the third is roundly curved
outwardly from near the top. Abdomen smooth and shining; the 2nd and fol-
lowing segments are covered thickly with a pale pubescence; there are two small
yellow marks shortly beyond the middle of the first segn)ent; the 2nd segment
is broadly banded with yellow at the base, the yellow band being narrowed in
the middle; the apices of the other segments are brownish at the apex ; the last
is punctured and is transver.se at the apex.
Hub. — Santa, Fe Mountains, New Mexico.
As this species is not a typical Alyson, nor of the allied genus or
subgenus Didineis, I give below a generic description of it. It has
the neuration of Alyson rather than of Didineis, except that the
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 315
first recurrent nervure is received distinctly in the 2nd cubital
cellule, and it differs further from Alyson in the abdominal 2nd seg-
ment being broadly banded with yellow instead of having two yel-
low marks at the base.
%. — Second cubital cellule petiolate; the 1st recurrent nervure is received
shortly beyund the first transverse cubital ; the 2nd is interstitial ; the transverse
median nervure is interstitial. Antennae stout; the apical joint roundly incised
on the basal half beneath. Mandibles longish, slightly narrowed behind the
middle. Eyes large, slightly diverging above and reaching to the base of the
mandibles below. Ocelli large, placed almost in a triangle. Pronotum wider
than long. Median segment large ; in the centre, at the base, is a large triangu-
lar area, which reaches near to the top of the apical slope and is joined to it by a
short keel ; the apical slope is keeled above and down the centre. Legs long,
slender; the middle tibise have one spur ; the apex of the hinder femora bears a
short tooth below. Abdomen not much longer than the head and thorax united ;
the apical segment without a distinct pygidial area, strongly punctured, the sides
bordered, the apex transverse, with the sides slightly projecting; its ventral sur-
face is flat, simple. The antennae are placed shortly above the clypeus ; the cly-
peus is short, transverse in the middle at the apex, the sides broadly rounded.
The base of the pronotum is clearly separated behind by a transverse furrow ;
there is a transverse furrow on the base of the mesonotum ; the basal segment of
the abdomen is marked with yellow ; the base of the second is broadly banded
with yellow ; the pterostigma is large, the radius is roundly curved from the base
to the apex.
Oxsea tachytiformis sp. nov.
Black, the head and thorax thickly covered with pale fulvous pubescence ; the
apices of the abdominal segments banded with pale pubescence ; the wings fusco-
violaceous, paler at the base ; the eyes at the top are separated by the length of
the scape of the antennae — by a distinctly greater distance than the length of the
12th antennal joint. %. Long: 19 mm.
Antennae black, bare, the last joint obliquely truncated. Head opaque, closely
punctured, except on the apex of the clypeus; the occiput, the vertex, sides of
the face, clypeus and labrum thickly covered with pale fulvous hair; there is a
long broad depression in the centre of the clypeus; below the front ocellus is a
fovea, which is widened at the base and roundly narrowed at the apex. The
eyes are large, reach to the base of the mandibles and distinctly converge above
where they are separated by fully the length of the scape; the inner orbits are
obliquely depressed. Labrum shining, its top finely and closely transversely
striated ; the sides are obscurely punctured and thickly covered with pale ful-
vous hair; the apical half is keeled in the middle. Mandibles piceous-black ; be-
low fringed with long pale fulvous hair. Thorax closely, uniformly and distinctly
punctured. The dorsal segments of the abdomen are closely punctured, more
strongly on the basal two, the others being more shining and smooth on tlie
base ; the hair bands on the apices of the basal four segments are broad and white •
on the 5th the hair band is longer and darker colored at the base ; the apical two
segments are testaceous towards the apex, the last has a broad, shallow, rounded
incision on the apex. Wings fuscous-hyaline, with a distinct violaceous tinge!
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
316 p. CAMERON.
the nervures are dark piceous. Legs black ; the hair on the femora and tihise is
long and pale fulvous; on the four front tarsi it is bright rufous; on the hinder
black, mixed with rufous. The pronotum is sharply raised behind and is clearly
separated from the mesonotum, there being a deep furrow between the two; the
calearia are rufous; the ventral surface has the basal two segments covered with
long pale hair, the others more thickly with shorter, stiffer black pubescence.
The dorsal surface of the abdomen is devoid of iridescence.
Hab. — Santa Fe Mountains, New Mexico.
This species (which looks exactly like a Tachytes) come nearest to
0. vagans Fox from Texas ; the two may be separated thus :
Eyes nearly touching on the vertex, being separated there by about the length
of the ISth antennal joint, the pronotum above emarginate medially.
vagans.
Eyes widely separated on the vertex, being there separated by twice the length
of the ISth antennal joint ; the pronotum not emarginate medially.
tanhytirormis.
Osmia Foxi sp. nov.
Metallic-green, mixed with blue; the vertex and mesonotum darker and with
brassy tints ; the basal four segments of the abdomen with their apices distinctly
banded with violet; the wings clear hyaline; the stigma and nervures fuscous-
black. % . Long: 8 mm.
Antennse black; the scape slightly coppery and closely punctured. Head
closely, distinctly and uniformly punctured ; the lower part of the front, the face
and lower part of the clypeus sparsely covered with long white hair; the sides
of the clypeus are dark violet, mixed with golden tints; the apex is dark violet.
Mandibles black ; the base blue and closely punctured ; the rest of them to near
the apex more strongly and not so closely punctured. The mesonotum and scu-
tellum are almost glabrous; the pleura? and sides of the metauotum covered, but
not very thickly, with long white hair; there is a narrow line on the basal half
of the mesonotum in the centre and a shorter one on the base of the scutellum.
The area on the median segment is closely punctured, and at the base is irregu-
larly striated ; the apical furrow is smooth, dark violet, wide and deep; the rest
of the segment is irregularly punctured. Tegula> at the base closely punctured,
blue, green and golden ; the rest sparsely punctured and for the greater part
dark violet with golden tints. Legs colored like the body and largely marked
with brassy tints; the tarsi are blackish and below are thickly covered with
rufous pubescence. Abdomen closely punctured, but not so strongly as the
thorax; the purple apical bands are smooth and depressed. The apical segment
is depressed in the centre, through the base and apex having an oblique slope ;
the apex is darker colored than the base and is roundly incised in the middle;
the teeth are bluntly rounded ; the sides, at the apex, are smooth, impunctate
and blue. The apex of the clypeus is broadly rounded.
Hab. — Santa Fe Mountains, New Mexico.
Comes near to 0. texana Cresson, and 0. subfasciata Cresson, but
cannot well be confounded with either, as it may be readily separ-
ated by the clear hyaline wings and by the legs not being black.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA, 317
THE ]!lfORTH AIVIERIC AK ORYSSID^.
BY J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
The following characters serve to distinguish the family : meta-
thorax not fissured in the middle ; vertex tuberculate ; front wings
with two submarginal cells ; the antennce inserted in a groove below
the elypeus ; and the abdomen cylindrical. The ovipositor is in
many specimens exerted, evidently at the will of the insect.
Out of four genera, Oryssus of Latreille, Chalinus, Ophrynopus
and Mocsarya of Konow, two are represented in North America.
Face bi-carinate Ophrynopns Konow_
Face not carinate Oryssus Latreille.
OPHRYKOPUS Konow.
1897, Ophrynopus Konow, Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek, xx, p. 602.
Face with two longitudinal carinje, which are united by a third
carina above ; a short carina is also present beneath each eye ; ver-
tex tuberculate.; abdomen cylindrical.
Ophrynopus niexioan lis Cresson. -^^ /
1879, Oryssas mexicnnas Ores., 9 , Pi'oc. Ent. Soc. Pbila., Acad. Nat. Sci., p. xi.
1897, Ophrynopus mexicanus Konow, 9) Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek, xx, p. 606.
9 . — Black. Face rough, with two longitudinal carinse divergent at base and
approaching above, where they are united by a third ; above this is a semi-circle
of tubercles; cheeks prominent, silvery sericeous; edge of elypeus reflexed ; a
short carina below each eye; antennee black, inserted below the elypeus; pro-
thorax silvery sericeous ; mesothorax with a smooth ridge in the middle, and
several distinct cariniB around each tegula; the sides of the first and second ab-
dominal segments are also slightly carinate; wings fuscous, pale beneath the
stigma ; legs dark ferruginous, almost black : tibite silvery sericeous on the out-
side edge; posterior tibiae w^th a double row of short teeth on the outside edge;
abdomen dark, slightly ferruginous towards the base of each segment. Length
15 mm.
Habitat. — Mexico.
Type in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
ORYSSIJ!!$ Latreille.
1796, Oryssus Latreille, Prec. car. gener. Insect., p. 111. n. 10.
Face without carinse; vertex tuberculate; abdomen cylindrical.
There are four North American species, founded chiefly on color
characters, though probably constant ones.
TRANS. AM. ENT SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
318 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
Six apical segments of abdomen red Occident alis Cresson-
Only three apical segments of abdomen red terniinali$« Newman.
Abdomen entirely black.
Thorax red tlioracictis Ashmead.
Thorax black May i Westwood.
Oryssus occideiitalis Cresson.
1879, Oryssus occidentaiis Cresson, 9 % > Proc. Ent. Soc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,
1879, p. X.
% 9- — Black, except the 6 posterior segments of the abdomen and variable
white spots on the antennae, between the eyes, on the knees and tibise, and at
the tip of the abdomen ; face rough, vertex tuherculate ; cheeks prominent ; wings
hyaline, fuscous or sub-fuscous beyond the stigma, except at the apex ; abdomen
black, six apical segments red. Length 8-14 mm.
Habitat. — Colorado, Nevada.
Types in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
Oryssus terminalis Newman.
1838, Oryssus terminalis Newman, 9? Entom. Mag., v, p. 486.
1841, Oryssus hxmorrhoidnlis T. W. Harris, Treat. Insec. Mass., p. 394.
Black, except the three posterior segments of the abdomen, and variable white
spots on the antennge, between the eyes, on the knees and tibiae, and sometimes
at the tip of the abdomen; face rough, vertex tuberculate; cheeks prominent;
wings more decidedly fuscous beyond the stigma than in most specimens of 0.
occidentaiis; abdomen black, except the three apical segments, which are red.
Length 9-15 mm.
Habitat. — Canada, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York.
Oryssus thoracicus Ashmead.
1898, Oryssus thoracicus Ashmead, Can. Ent., xxi, p. 178.
^ . — Similar to the other species, except that the two first five and the apical
joints of the antennse, the thorax and the legs are red ; the abdomen is black.
Length 4.75 mm.
Habitat. — Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
I have not seen this species.
Oryssus sayi Westwood.
1830. Oryssus sayi Westwood, 9i i^ool. Journ., v, p, 440.
1841, Oryssus maurus T. W. Harris, Treat. Insec. Mass., p. 394.
1841, Oryssus affinis T. W. Harris, Treat. Insec. Mass., p. 394.
Black, except for white markings on antennse, legs, etc. ; face rough ; vertex
tuberculate; cheeks }>rominent ; wings hyaline, more or less fuscous beyond the
stigma, except at apex ; black. Length 10-15 mm.
Habitat. — Canada, Massachusetts, Oregon (Mt. Hood).
Var. affinis has red legs.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 319
THE EVAIVIID.E OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. «
BY J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
In preparing this paper the writer has tried to collect, interpret
and arrange what facts he could concerning this very important
and much neglected family, both to satisfy his own interest, and to
aid other students in their work. The material on which his deci-
sions are based is chiefly contained in the collection of the American
Entomological Society, where are all of Mr. Cresson's types, except
those of Aulaciis abdominalis, which appear to be lost.
He wishes to express his thanks to Rev. V. A. Huard, who very
kindly secured I'Abbe Provancher's types from the Parliament
Museum in Quebec and loaned them to him. Also to Mr. Henry
L. Viereck who has given him valuable advice and suggestions. To
Dr. A. D. Hopkins for specimens of Aulaciis ahdominalis. To Mr.
Wm. H. Ashmead for valuable criticism and suggestions. To Mr.
R. J. Weith and others. Mr. G. L. Sargent has drawn Figs. 7
and 8 of Plate XI for him.
The only important paper on the family hitherto published is
Herr August Schetterer's excellent monograph in the Ann. d. k. k.
Nath. Hofm. in Vienna, vol. iv, 1889, 3 parts and 6 plates. It is
very exhaustive, but Herr Schletterer has failed to comprehend the
true relations of the North American species, probably from lack of
material, and according it is of little value to the student of the
North American fauna.
The family was first recognised by Latreille in 1802 as " Evani-
ales," and by Westwood as "Evaniidse" in 1843. It is easily dis-
tinguished by the fact that the abdomen is attached by a petiole to
the dorsal aspect of the propodeum, and never normally between
the coxse, and by the existence of a distinct costal cell in the fore
wings. Mr. Ashmead in his "Classification of the Ichneumonoidea"
has recognized three subfamilies, quite correctly we think. They
are readily separable by the following table : See Plate XI, Figs.
1, 2, 3, 4.
* This paper was cominenced iu the Entomological Student, vol. ii, p. 28, but
the discontinuation of "The Student" prevented its completion. The first part
is here republished and finished, thus enabling the author to make several neces-
sary changes.
TKANS. AM. ENT SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
320 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
A. Anteniife inserted far above the clypeus, at about the middle of the face,
front wings without more than one recurrent nervure.
1. Tibiae normal. Abdomen attached by a slender petiole to the superior
margin of the mesothoracic truncature, distant from the scutellum.
Subfamily I, Evaniin^.
2. Tibiae clavate, much swollen at apex. Abdomen attached to the base
of the propodeum, approximate to the scutellum.
Subfamily II, Gasteruptioninjs.
B. Antennse inserted just above the clypeus. Front wings usually with two
recurrent nervures Subfamily III, Aulacinje.
Subfamily III, Aulacin^.
1840-42. A uJacidse ShncAvdrd, family. Newman's Entomologist, p. 121.
1887. Aiilacinx Cresson, subfamily. Synopsis Hymen. America, p. 36.
Medial thoracic lobe often gibbous and emarginate, always trans-
verse striate. Front wings with two recurrent nervures, of which
the second is generally partially obsolete. Hind wings with a me-
dian cell, except in Pammegischia. Tibiae normal. Abdomen club
shaped. Ovipositor exerted and long.
A marked sexual character exists in the hind coxse, which are
normal in the males, but in the females are sculptured on the inner
surface with a groove at the base of which is a well marked tooth,
and this in Pammecj'ischia is greatly prolonged.
An available character for generic separation, first recognized by
Kieffer,* is to be found in the sculpture of the tarsal claws. The
species of the genera thus defined are also united by other charac-
ters, so that they are truly natural groups.
The subfamily differs markedly in appearance and habits from
the other two. The si^ecies, so far- as known, are parasitic on the
larvae of Coleoptera. Pammegischia xiphydrice Ashm. has been
bred from Xiphydria provancheri. There are five genera, all
represented in America.
A. Posterior wings with a distinct median cell. Hind coxje of the females not
greatly prolonged within, but with a tooth on the inner margin.
1. Anterior margin of the prothorax more or less angled with a strong
tooth at the angle. Tarsal claws with four teeth beneath.
Deraiodouiusi uov. gen.
2. Anterior margin of the prothorax rounded, without a tooth.
a. Tarsal claws with four teeth beneath Prisfaillacus Kieflfer.
b. Tarsal claws with three teeth beneath Oleis<»|»rister nov. gen.
c. Tarsal claws with one tooth beneath Aulaciis Jurine.
» Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Ixvii, p. 813, 1899.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 321
B. Posterior wings without nervures, except the costal and a trace of the anal.
Hind coxae of the females greatly prolonged within. Tarsal claws
with no teeth Paiiiniegiscliia Provancher.
DEKAIDONTUS nov. gen.
Head subquadrate, antennse inserted just above the clypeus; pro-
thorax with an acute tooth on the somewhat angled margin ; meso-
thorax with the medial lobe often gibbous, always rugose ; wings
often with more or less fuscous on the basal half, as well as below
the stigma; the ungula bear four well-defined teeth beneath; abdo-
men clavate ; ovipositor strongly exerted.
Type (Aulacus) montanus Cresson.
Medial mesothoracic lobe strongly gibbons.
Wings hyaline, without violaceous reflection ; abdomen black, except the ven-
tral part of the first segment, which is sometimes dull rufous
iiiger Shuckard.
Wings of the 9 showing strong violaceous reflection ; abdomen rufous, marked
with black iiiont/aiiuis Cresson.
Medial mesothoracic lobe not gibbous.
Wings showing strong violaceous reflection ; much fuscous present in the basal
portion ; legs black ; petiole short fuscalatns nov. spec.
Wings without violaceous reflection, or more than a trace of fuscous in the
basal portion ; legs flavous ; petiole long. . . -flavicriirus uov. spec.
Deraiodoutus uiger Shuckard.
1841. Aulacus niger 9 Shuckard, Entomologist, p. 124.
1841. Atdacus ater 9 Westwood, Ann. and Magazine Nat. Hist., vii, p. 538.
1901. Pristaulacus niger Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9 %. — Black; sparingly pubescent; face finely punctulate, pubescent; verte:f
more sparingly punctulate; antennte black, 12 mm. long; medial mesothoracic
lobe gibbous, emarginate, rugose; wings hyaline, with a very faint trace of fus-
cous beneath the stigma and in the median cell ; legs black, tending to castane-
ous; abdomen entirely black, or more usually with a deep red band on the ven-
tral part of the first segment; ovipositor 17 mm. long. Length 14 mm.
Habitat — Massachusetts.
Deraiodouf lis iiiontaniis Cresson.
1879. Aulacus montanus Cresson, 9- Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vii, p. 256.
1901. Pristaulacus montanus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9. — Black; sparingly pubescent; face and vertex smooth; face pubescent;
antennse black. 10 mm. long; mesothorax with the medial lobe gibbous and
emarginate, rugose; wings hyaline or slightly yellow, showing strong violaceous
reflection ; a quadrate fuscous spot beneath the stigma ; a trace of fuscous often in
the median cell and along the transverse medial nervure; legs black: abdomen
ferruginous, posterior segments and petiole black ; ovipositor 13-14 mm. long.
Length 11-14 mm.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (41) NOV., 190].
322 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
%. — Here first described. Differs only in liaving less fuscous and no viola-
ceous reflection on the wing.
Habitat. — Nevada, Washington.
Types in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
Deraiodoiitiis rii!«calatus uov. spec.
9 . — Black ; face punctate, vertex polished, shiny ; antennss black, 7 mm. long ;
mesothorax not gibbous, very broadly, not deeply emarginate, rugose; wings
hyaline, with strong violaceous reflection; a fuscous spot extending below the
stigma to the subdiscoidal nervure; the costal cell fuscous, and a fuscous baud
from the basal half of the median cell to the apex of the second discoidal, where
it joins with a fuscous band running the entire length of the anal nervure; legs
and feet black; petiole short, black above; the abdomen entirely red ; ovipositor
very short, 7.5 mm. Length 10 mm.
Habitat — Washington, one specimen.
Type in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
Deraiodontuis flavicrurus nov. spec.
9. — Black; sparingly pubescent: face and vertex smooth, shiny; medial
mesothoracic lobe not gibbous, but emarginate; wings hyaline, without viola-
ceous reflection, a quadrate fuscous spot beneath the stigma, and the apex of the
anterior wings fuscous; a trace of fuscous in the median cell and along the trans-
verse medial and second recurrent nervures; legs flavous, hind coxse black, hind
femora castaneous; abdomen with a very long petiole, rufous, ])osterior segments
and petiole above black, 6 mm. long; ovipositor 11 mm. long. Length 11 mm.
Habitat. — Virginia, one specimen.
Type in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
PRISTAULACIIS Kieffer.
1899. Pristaulncus Kieffer, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Ixvii, p. 813.
The anterior margin of the prothorax rounded, without an acute
tooth ; first transverse cuhitus interstitial with or close to the first
recurrent nervure ; tarsal claws with four teeth beneath, the fourth
one very small and blunt. See Plate XI, Fig. 7.
Thorax decidedly gibbous {\n pacificus but slightly).
Wings showing a strong violaceous reflection occidental i«i Cresson.
Wings showing slight violaceous reflection ; fuscous spot beneath stigma pres-
ent in both % and 9 ; 'egs yellow inelleii!>i Cresson.
Wings showing no violaceous reflection ; fuscous spot beneath stigma almost
obliterated in male pacifictis Cresson.
Thorax not gibbous.
Wings violaceous, v^'ith a yellow hyaline band beneath the stigma.
fasciatu$« Say.
Pris^taiilacus occitleiitali!« Cresson.
1879. Aulacus occidentalis Cresson, 9 > Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vii, p. 255.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 323
1886. Aulacus abbottii Schletterer, Ann. d. k. k. Nath. Hofm. Wien., iv, p. 539.
1901. Pristaulacm occidentalis Ashniead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9.— Black or ferruginous; face and vertex black, punctate; mandibles and
edge of labruin ferruginous; antennae black, 10-11.5 ram. long; scape ferrugin-
ous beneath ; medial mesothoracic lobe strongly gibbous, emarginate, transverse
rugose; body but sparingly pubescent; wings stained yellowish, and showing a
brilliant violaceous reflecti(m ; a fuscous spot beneath the stigma and at the apex
of anterior wings; legs ferruginous, tarsi paler, coxse and trochanters black;
petiole distinct, ferruginous, with a narrow black stripe above and below ; abdo-
men robust, ferruginous, terminal segments dusky or black. Length of abdomen
5-7 mm. Ovipositor 13-15 mm. Body 11-15 mm.
% .— Diflfers from the female only in being slightly more pubescent, wings less
fuscous, but showing the same brilliant violaceous reflection, the abdomen ringed
with black on several segments, the coxae, trochanters, face and entire scape more
or less ferruginous.
Habitat. — ;Colorado, Nevada, Washington.
Types in collection American Entomological Society.
Described by Cresson from 15 females. Besides these the author
has examined 11 females and 4 males from Washington. The male
is here described for the first time. The violaceous reflection is
characteristic, but the color varies, through all stages from black to
ferruginous. The flagellum is always dark.
Prii^tanlacus melleus Cresson.
1879. Aulacus melleus Cresson, 9 , Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vii, p. 255.
1879. Aulacus consors Cresson, % , Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vii, p. 255.
1901. Pristaulacas consors Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
1901. Prisfaulacus melleus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9. Pale ferruginous, face rough, vertex smooth; mandibles tipped with
black; antennaj black, 17 ram. long; scape ferruginous; medial mesothoracic
lobe gibbous, br.oadly emarginate, strongly rugose; wings stained slightly yellow-
ish, a quadrate fuscous spot beneath the stigma, extending to the subdiscoidal
nervure. A fuscous spot at apex of anterior wings, and the basal half of the me-
dian cell fuscous; wings showing slight violaceous reflection; legs ferruginous,
trochanters ringed above with black ; abdomen ferruginous, with an unusually
long petiole, length abdomen 8-9 mm. ; ovipositor 21 mm. Length 16 mm.
% . — Black ; vertex smooth ; face roughened ; anteunte black, 10-12 mm. long:
scape ferruginous beneath ; medial me.sothoracic lobe gibbous, emarginate, ru-
gose; wings stained yellowish, showing but slight violaceous reflection ; legs fer-
ruginous, trochanters ringed above with black ; abdomen ferruginous, banded,
with black. Length 13-15 mm.
Habitat. — Nevada.
Cresson described the species from 2 females and 4 males, the
indications are that it varies as much in color as does occidentalis, to
which it is very closely related.
Types in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
324 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
Pri$«taiilaciis parifif'iiM Cresson.
1879. Aulams pacificua Cresson, ? , Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, vii, p. 2.'S6
1901. Pristaiilacus pacificm Ashniead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9. — Black; vertex smooth, face roughened; antennae black, 12 mm. long;
medial mesothoracic lobe but slightly gibbous, scarcely emarginate, and the
transverse strife almost obliterated; wings without violaceous reflection; a fus-
cous spot beneath the stigma extending to the marginal nervure; the median
cell hyaline, but a slight fuscous spot along the transverse medial nervure; legs
ferruginous, hiud legs darker; abdomen ferruginous, short and robust; ovipositor
15-18 ram. long. Length 12-14 mm.
'J, .—Differs only in having the fuscous spots on the wings almost obliterated,
and the abdonieu banded with black. Length 12 13 mm.
Ha bitat. — Vancouver, Wash i ngton .
This species also varies from black to ferruginous. The male is
here described from two specimens from Washington.
Types in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
Pristaiilacus fasciatus Say.
1829. Aulacus fasciatus Say, Coutr. Maclurian Lye. to Arts and Sci. Phila., vol.
i, p. 67.
1901. Pristaulacus fasciatus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
J. — Entirely black; everywhere covered with black pubescence; vertex
smooth; an tennse black; medial mesothoracic lobe not gibbous, slightly emargi-
nate, transverse rugose ; wings entirely violaceous, except for a yellow hyaline
band extending beneath the stigma; legs entirely piceous; abdomen short, robust,
almost without petiole; ovipositor 6.5 mm. long. Length 14 mm.
Habitat. — New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio.
The author has seen but one specimen of this strikingly beautiful
species, collected by Mr. Henry W. AVenzel at Da Costa, New Jer-
sey, July 19.
OL.EISOPKISTEK nov. gen.
The anterior margin of the prothorax rounded, without an acute
tooth; medial mesothoracic lobe not gibbous; wings hyaline or
stained slightly yellowish fuscous ; first transverse cubitus interstitial
with or close to the first recurrent nervure ; hind coxae normal ; tar-
sal claws with three teeth beneath, the third very small and often
scarcely [)erceptible with a hand glass. See Plate XI, Fig. 8.
Type (Aulacus) firvms.
Kierter separated his Pristaulacus from Aulacus by its having
three or more teeth on the tarsal claws, whereas Aulacus has but one.
But at least of our American species, those having three teeth form
a group as equally distinct from those having four, as do those
havino; but one. Therefore, the logical conclusion is to establish a
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 325
new genus for those having tliree teeth, and let Pristaulacus remain
for those having four, as Kieffer's illustration * shows. See Plate
XI, Figs. 7, 8 and 9.
Mesothorax deeply emarginate. Legs black firmus Cresson.
Mesothorax very slightly emarginate.
Length 13.5 mm. Legs black. Apparently but 2 teeth on tarsal claws.
subfirmii!« Viereck, nov. spec.
Length 16 ram. Legs fulvous, femora red resutorivoi'us Westwood.
Length 14.5 mm. Feet rufous, femora fuscous abbottii Westwood.
Length 10 mm. Feet yellow, femora fuscous stigiiiateru!« Cresson.
Oleisoprister firinus Cresson.
1879. Aulacus firmus Cresson, 9 , Trans. Am. Ent. See, vii, p. 256.
1901. Prisiaidacus firmus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9. — Black; covered with fine white pubescence; vertex smooth, face punctu-
late; antennae black ; medial thoracic lobe not gibbous, emarginate; wings hya-
line, a fuscous spot beneath the stigma and on the transverse medial nervure and
at the apex of the front wings, which are witliout violaceous reflection ; legs
black, tibiae castaneous; abdomen ferruginous, with black markings above, 6.5
mm. long; ovipositor 17 mm. long. Length 14 mm.
Habitat. — Colorado, one specimen.
Type in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
See Plate XI, Fig. 8.
Oleisoprister subfiriuiis Viereck, nov. spec.
" 9 • — Mandibles roughened at base, teeth and edges smooth ; the rest of the
Lead moderately rugose, tending to transversely striate on the front, smoothest
around the ocelli and over to the eyes ; scape and antennae minutely roughened ;
prothorax roughened, with the exception of the dorso-posterior portion; the dor-
sal portions of the other thoracic segments coarsely striate ; posterior coxse ru-
gose-punctate ; abdomen smooth, as in the other species ; ovipositor as long as the
body; head and thorax covered with silvery pubescence; the thorax more
sparcely than the head, legs covered with very short brownish pubescence ;
wings sub-hyaline, nervures piceous, a brown stain the width of the stigma ex-
tending from the stigma to the cubital nervure. a faint trace of brown stain on
each side of the transverse medial nervure and at the apex ; eyes, head, thorax,
spot at base of the first dorsal abdominal segment, a trace at the apex, greater
part of the third and the rest of the abdominal segments black, the remaining
space on the abdomen translucent red ; posterior legs black ; the anterior pairs
almost black. Length 13.5 mm.
"Apparently near to 0. firmus Cresson, from which it differs, how-
ever, in the faintly impressed dorsum, the closer arrangement of the
ocelli, the uniformly different sculpture and smaller size.
"One female, Riverton, N. J., June 17, 1900; collected by Mr.
Chas. W. Johnson," Henry L. V-iereck.
* Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Ixvii, p. 814.
TRANS. AM. ENT SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
■326 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
Type in Mr. Viereck's collection.
The author is indebted to Mr. Viereck for contributing the de-
scription of this new and interesting species. The third tooth on
the tarsal claws is so small as to be perceptible only with the utmost
difficulty, but is nevertheless present.
Oleisoprister resiitorivoriis Westwood.
1851. Aulaciis resutorivorus Westwood, f , Trans. Eut. Soc. London., n. ser., vol.
i, p. 224.
9. — Black; griseous pubescent; face very rough, vertex smooth, antennae
black; mesothorax not gibbous, emarginate; wings hyaline, a quadrate fuscous
spot beneath the stigma ; a very small fuscous spot at the tip of the front wings
legs castaneous, femora rufous; abdomen black, anterior ventral and lateral sur-
face marked with rufous; ovipositor 16 mm. long. Length of whole 16 mm.
Habitat. — Canada, New Jersey.
Oleisoprister abbottii Westwood.
1843. Anlacus abbottii Westwood, 9, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., iii, p. 266.
1901. PristMulncus abbottii Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
"Niger, abdomine versus basin rufo; pedibus rufis, alls striga parva versus
basin maculaque pone stigmata fuscis 9 •
"Caput teniiissime punctatum, pubescentia grisea parum indutum ; palpi et
antennte nigri ; mesothorax transverse striatus, striis anticis magis distantibus;
abdomen nigrum, segmenti 1 mi apice et 2 do (apice excepto) rufis ; tereba rufa,
vaginis nigris apice piceis; pedes rufi, coxis nigris, trochanteribus posticis fus-
cis, alis pallide flavido hyalinis, striga tenui versus basin apiceque areolae. 1 mae
submarginalis fusco, stigmate nigro."
"Long. Corp. lin. 7, oviduct, lin. 8. expans. alar. liu. 11."
The author here quotes the original description, because the sin-
gle specimen that he has seen is in too poor condition to describe.
It is slightly smaller than Westwood's, and comes from Canada.
There are but three teeth on the tarsal claws, so that its position in
this group, which the author had suspected before seeing a specimen,
is confirmed.
Habitat. — Georgia, Canada.
Type in British Museum.
Oleisoprister stigmaterus Cresson.
1864. Aulacns stigmaterus Cresson, 9. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., iii, p. 134.
1901. Pristaulacus stigmaterus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9 • — Black ; gri.seous pubescent ; vertex smooth, a deep groove extending from
the middle ocellus to the antennae, which are black and 6.5 mm. long; meso-
thorax not gibbous, emargine, transverse striate ; wings hyaline, a subtriangular
fuscous spot beneath the stigma, and a fuscous band along the margin at the
apex ; legs flavous, coxie and trochanters black, posterior femora castaneous : ab-
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 327
domen ferruginous, petiole and posterior segments black ; petiole distinct ; abdo-
men 5 ram long; ovipositor 11.5 mm. long. Length 9.5 mm.
Habitat. — New Jersey.
Type in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
AUL.ACUS Jurine.
1807. Aulacus Jurine, Nouv. Meth. Hym. et. Dipt., p. 89, Taf. 7.
1873. Aulacostethus Pbilippi, Ent. Zeitg. Stettin, Jahrg., 34, p. 302.
Anterior margin of the prothorax rounded, without an acute
tooth ; medial mesothoracic lobe gibbous, with strongly carinate
sides; wings hyaline or stained slightly yellowish fuscous, without a
fuscous spot beneath the stigma. First transverse cubitus inter-
stitial with or close to the first recurrent nervure ; hind coxse nor-
mal, tarsal claws with one tooth beneath. See Plate XI, Fig. 9.
Posterior coxae of the 9 with a medium sized tooth near the apex of the lower
margin. Length 9 12 mm rufitarsis Cresson.
Posterior coxae of the J with a very small tooth. Length 8 mm.
minor Cresson.
Aulacus rufitarsis Cresson.
1864. Aulacas rufitarsis Cresson, 9 > Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., iii, p. 134.
1880. Aulacus editns Cres.son, 9- Proc. Ent. Soc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1880, p. v.
1880. Aulacus abdominalis Cresson, 9 , Proc. Ent. Soc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., p. v.
1883. Aulacus bilobatus Prov., % , Faun. Ent. du. Can , p. 247.
1901. Pristaulacus rufitarsis Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
1901. Pristaulacus editus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
1901. Pristaulacus bilobatus Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9 %. — Black; vertex sparingly, face closely punctulate. Antennae black, 6-
10 mm. long; medial mesothoracic lobe gibbous, broadly not deeply emarginate,
transverse striate, lateral angles carinate; wings hyaline or stained slightly yel-
lowish ; legs rufous, often darker, especially tibiae, coxae and trochanters black ;
tarsi often flavous; abdomen ferruginous, with more or less black; ovipositor
10-12 mm long. Length 9 12 mm.
Habitat. — Vancouver, Washington, Nevada, Canada, Virginia.
The author has not been able to discover any reason for keeping
rufitarsis, editus, abdominalis and bilobatus separate, so he has fol-
lowed Dr. Schletterer's example and grouped them together as rufi-
tarsis. A fair series of specimens seems to indicate their unity.
Types in the collection of the American Entomological Society.
Aulacus miuor Cresson.
1880. Aulacus minor Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., v.
1901. Pristaulacus minor Ashmead, Ent. News, xii, p. 278.
9. — Black; vertex less punctured than face; antennae black, length 6 mm. ;
wings hyaline ; medial mesothoracic lobe gibbous, broadly not deeply emarginate,
TRANS. AM. ENT SOC, XXVII. NOV., 1901.
328 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
side angles carinate ; legs ferruginous, tibise castaneous; abdomen ferruginous,
black at tip; ovipositor 8 mm. long. Length 8-8.5 mm.
% . — Differs only in the abdomen being mostly dark.
Habitat. —Nevada.
Types in the collection of the American Entomological kSociety.
PAlflMEGISCIIIA Provancher.
1883. Pitmmegischin Prov., Fu. Ent. du. Can. Hym., ii, p. 751.
1889. Aulacris Schletterer, Ann. d. k. k. Nath. Hofm. Wien., iv, p. 489.
Head subtriangular, very broad behind the eyes; first cubital cell
receiving the first recurrent nervure near the middle ; nervures of
the posterior wings obliterated, except the costal and a trace of the
anal ; posterior coxje of the female greatly prolonged internally ;
tarsal claws with no teeth beneath. See Plate XI, Fig. 10.
This genus was founded on an interesting unique female collected
by I'Abbe Burque in Quebec.
Black ; legs black ; first segment of abdomen red ; length 7.5 mm.
xipliydrite Ashmead.
Black; legs yellow; abdomen partly ferruginous; length 5 mm.
pal I i pes Cressou.
Ferruginous. Legs dusky brown to honey-yellow. Length 4 mm.
lovei Ashmead.
Yellow, including legs and abdomen.
Length 6.5 mm., wings with the marginal and first transverse nervures inter-
secting in or close to the stigma ouclletii nov. spec.
Length 10 mm., wings with the marginal nervure receiving the first trans-
verse cubitus distant from stigma biirquei Provancher.
Panimegischia xiphydrise Ashmead.
1901. Fammegischia xiphydrise Ashmead, 9 - Ent. News, vol. sii, p. 278.
9 . — "Length 7.5 mm. ; ovipositor about two-thirds length of the abdomen.
Black, with the first segment of the abdomen red, the second joint of the front
and middle trochanters and the bases of their tibiae testaceous, the remainder of
the legs black (all, however, are broken off about the middle of the tibiae, so that
I am not quite certain that the tips of tlie tibiae and the tarsi are black). The
head is quadrate, above smooth and highly polished, with only a few scattered
punctures; in front, below the front ocellus to the insertion of the antennae, it is
transversely rugulose ; while beneath the antenna^, except the lower inner angles
of the malar space, which are smooth and polished, it is closely, irregularly punc-
tate. The mandibles are black, with a riifo-piceous tinge basally. Palpi fuscous.
The thorax is rugosely i)unctate, the mesonotum with numerous transverse
ridges and complete parapsidal furrows. Wings hyaline, or at most only faintly
tinged, the stigma and veins being black or brown-black, the first recurrent nerv-
ure being received by the second cubital cell only a little beyond the middle,
while the third cubital cell is more or less divided into two by a spurious stump
of a vein, which originates from the cubitus a little before the apex of the second
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 82!)
recurrent nervure. All the coxse are black and rugtilose, the hind pair being
elongated and produced beneath into a triangular process that extends far beyond
the insertion of the trochanters. The abdomen is highly polished, inipunctate,
except at its extreme base, and shaped as in Aulacus or Prisinulacus, only that it
is not so distin<;tly petiolate, the first segment occupying fully half its whole
surface."
Habitat. — Saranac Inn, New York.
Hod. — Hym., Xiphydria provancheri Cresson, living in birch
twigs (Dr. E. P. Felt).
Type.— Cat. No. 5782, U. S. Nat. Mus.
The author has not seen this species.
Paininegischia pallipes Cresson.
1879. Aulacus pallipes Cres., % , Proc. Ent. Sec. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1879, p. xvii.
1901. Pammegischia weedi Ashmead, % , Can. Ent., xxxiii, p. 301.
% . — "Small, black ; head subglohose, broad behind the the eyes, face beneath
antennae, spot beneath eyes, mandibles, except tips, antennae and legs, except
coxae, yellow ; antennae nearly as long as the body, dusky at base above; meso-
thorax very feebly rugose, rounded in front, not emarginate ; sides of pleura
stained with dull yellowish; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma ochraceous;
abdomen robust, about as long as head and thorax, slender at base, first and sec-
ond segments, except base and the venter, ferruginous." Length 5 mm.
Habitat. — Massachusetts.
Type in the collection of the American Entomological Society, a
single male, is in such a bad state of preservation, that the author
has been obliged to quote Mr. Cresson's description instead of re-
describing it.
Fainme$;iscliia lovei Ashmead.
1901. Pammegischia lovei Ashmead, 5) C'an. Ent., xxxiii, p. 301.
9 .— "Length 4 mm. Ferruginous; eyes, mesonotum, base of metathorax, hind
coxae toward apex, the fiagellum and the ovipositor, which is a little longer than
the abdomen, brown or brown-black; all femora and the hind tibiae, except at
base, dusky, rest of legs honey-yellow. Wings hyaline, the subcostal vein brown,
the stigma and the rest of the veins pale ferruginous."
Habitat. —Palisades, New Jersey, collected in May by E. E. Love.
Type.— Cut. 5857, .U. S. Nat. Museum.
The author has not seen this species, but he suspects that it mav
be the 9 of Pa.mmegischia (Aulacus) pallipes Cresson.
Pammegischia ouellefii nov. spec.
%. — Yellow, glabrous; head globular, smooth, mandibles tipped with black;
antennae yellow, 6 mm. long; medial mesothoracic lobe not gibbous nor emargi-
nate, slightly rugose ; wings hyaline, with violaceous reflection ; marginal nerv-
ure receiving the first transverse cubitus within or close to the stigma, third dis-
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330 J. CHESTER BRADLEY.
coidal cell very long aud narrow; first cubital cell receiving first recurrent nerv-
u re at or near the middle; hind wings without distinct venation; legs yellow,
tarsal claws with no teeth beneath ; propodeum dark, partially black ; abdomen
reddish yellow, 6.5 ram. long.
Habitat — Can ada.
I take pleasure in dedicating this species to Mr. C. J. Ouellet, of
Montreal, who collected the type (one male) at Joliette, P. Q.,
Canada, July 11, 1901. It is now in the author's collection. See
Plate XI, Fig. 5.
Pamiuegischia biirqnei Provancher.
1883. Pammegischia burquei Provancher, 9 i Fn. Ent. du. Can. Hym., ii, p. 752.
1889. Aulacus burquei Schletterer, f , Ann. d. k. k. Nath. Hofm. Wien., iv, p. 540.
9 . — Entirely ochraceous ; head glabrous, occiput polished ; mesotborax scarcely
gibbous, not emarginate, transverse striate ; wings hyaline, nervures brownish
yellow; marginal nervure receiving the first recurrent nervure distant from the
stigma; petiole scarcely distinct ; abdomen short ; antennse 7 mm. long. Length
10 mm.
Habitat. — Canada, one female collected in St. Hyacinth, Quebec,
by r Abbe Burque.
Type in Parliament Museum, Quebec. See Plate XI, Fig. 6.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI.
Fig. 1. Wings of Evania appendigaster.
Fig. 2. Wings of Hyptia.
Fig. 3. Wings of Gasteruption.
Fig. 4. Wings of Aulacus rufitarsis.
Fig. 5. Wings of Pammegischia oueUetii.
Fig 6. Wings of Pammegischia burquei.
Fig. 7. Tarsal claw of Pristaulacus occidentalis.
Fig. 8. Tarsal claw of Oleisoprister firmus.
Fig. 9. Tar.sal claw of Aulacus rufitarsis.
Fig. 10. Tarsal claw of Pammegischia burquei.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXVII.
PI. XI.
NORTH AMERICAN ORTHOPTERA. 331
RANDO.^I NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN
ORTHOPTERA.
BY JAMES A. G. REHN.
The following notes have been collected while studying material
in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel-
phia, and in the private collection of the writer. Many of these
notes, while not new records, refer to species apparently scarce in
collections and concerning which information is desirable.
BLATTID^.
Homoeogainia bolliana Saussure.
1893, Homoeogainia bolliana Saussure, Eevue Suisse Zool., i, p. 297.
Three $ ; Round Mountain, Texas. Collection of the Academy.
MANTID^.
Stagmumaiitis Carolina (Johansson).
1763, Gryllus carolimis Johansson, Anicenit. Acad., vi, p. 396.
Two (?; Pennsylvania. Collection of the Academy. Apparently
the first Pennsylvania records. ''^^
PH/^SMID^.
Diapheromera denticrus Stal.
1875, Diapheromera denticrus Stal, Eeceusio Ortbopt., iii, p. 76.
One 9 ; Texas. One <? , 9 ; Helotes, Texas ; collected by G. W.
Marnock. Collection of the Academy (Cope coll.). One specimen,
the female from Helotes, exceeds the maximum length given by
Mr. Scudder (Psyche, ix, p. 188) by 25 mm. (total length 150 mm. ).
ACRIDID^.
Rhadinotatum brevipeune (Thomas).
1873, Tryxalis brevipennis Thomas, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., v, p. 58.
Om $\ Miami, Dade Co., Florida, 1-12, 1899.
Two 9 ; " " " 1-23, 1899, and 2-4, 1899.
Collected by S. N. and M. C. Rhoads. Collection of J. A. G.
Rehn.
Syrbula adinirabilis (Uhler).
1864, Stenobothrus admirabilis Uhler, I'roc. Ent. Soc. Phila., ii, p. 553.
One $ , Atsion, Burlington Co., New Jersey ; collected by J. A.
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332 JAMES A. G. REHN.
G. Rehn. Author's collection. Only previous known record from
Xew Jersey, Cape May (Smith, Insects of New Jersey, 1899, p. 154).
Eritettix cariiiatii$i (Scudder).
1875, Gumphoceriis carinatas Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, p. 511.
One 9 ; A^shbourne, Montgomery Co., Penna. ; collected by J.
A. G. Rehn. One 9 ; Washington, D. C. ; collected by Dr.
Nathan Banks, June 30, 1897 ; August 31, 1900. One immature
specimen ; Rosslyn, Alexandria, Va.; collected by J. A. G. Rehn,
October 22, 1900. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
Eretettix simplex (Scudder).
1869, Gomphocerus simplex Scudder, Proc. Aiiier. Eut. Soc, ii, p. 305.
One $ ; Delaware. Type. Collection of the Academy.
An examination of the type of this species shows that McNeill
placed it in the wrong section of his generic key (Proc. Davenport
Acad., vi, p. 218), the species falling under B^ instead of B^ the
supplementary carinoe being as apparent and strongly marked as
the lateral carinte.
Hippiscus griseus Scudder.
1892, Hippiscus griseus Scudder, Psyche, vi, p. 274, 362.
One 9 ; City Creek Canon, Utah ; collected by Dr. Henry Skin-
ner, July 4, 1899. Collection of the Academy.
This specimen is interesting in having the tibise and the interior
and lower surface of the posterior femora sanguineous.
Spliarageiiion collare wyoiuiiigianuin (Thomas).
1872, CEiUpoda wyomingiana Thomas, Prelim. Eep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Mont.,
p. 462.
Two $ , one 9 ; Atsion, Burlington Co., New Jersey ; collected
by J. A. G. Rehn, September 2, 1991. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
Sparageinon saxalile Morse.
1894, ^phamgemon saxatile Morse, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxvi, p. 229.
Two % ; Ricketts, Wyoming Co.. Penna. ; collected by Stevvardson
Brown, September, 1900. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
This is apparently the first Pennsylvania record for this species,
the specimens agree very well with cotypes in the collection of the
Academy.
Triinerotropis cteruleipennis Bruner.
1885, Trimcrotropis cseritleipennis Bruner, Canan. Ent., xvii, p. 10.
NORTH AMERICAN ORTHOPTERA. 333
One % ; Silver Lake, Utah ; collected by Dr. Henry Skinner,
July 14, 1899. Collection of the Academy.
This specimen has the hind tibiae more glaucous than blue.
Trimerotropis cristata McNeill.
1901, Trimerotropis cristata McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, ]i. 408.
One 9 ; San Diego, San Diego Co., Cal. ; collected by G. W.
Dunn, May 3, 1899. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
Previously known from San Julio, Lower California and Salt
Lake Valley, Utah.
Trimerotropis ferrugiiiea McNeill ?
1901, Trimerotropis f err iiginea McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 420.
Two I , four 9 ; San Diego Co., Cal. ; collected by G. W. Dunn,
1900. Cuyamaca, San Diego Co., Cal. ; Dunn, October 1, 1900.
Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
These specimens are rather questionably assigned to this species.
McNeill's most southern locality was American Fork Canyon, Utah.
Trimerotropis strenua McNeill.
1901, Trimerotropis stremia McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 432.
One 9 ; Salt Lake City, Utah. July 15, 1897. Collection of
the Academy.
This specimen agrees exactly with McNeill's description, except
for the obtuse-angulate metazone, in this agreeing with T. montana,
but as McNeill states these " may be but varieties of an exceedingly
variable species."
Trimerotropis tesellsita McNeill.
1901, Trimerotropis tesellata McNeill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 417.
One $ ; Cuyamaca, San Diego Co., Cal. ; collected by G. W.
Dunn, October 1, 1900. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
This specimen agrees very well with this species, formerly known
only from Turkey Tanks, Arizona.
Trimerotropis vinetilata Scudder.
1876, Trimerotropis vincidata Scud., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, p. 270.
Four S , seven 9 ; San Diego Co., Cal. ; collected by G. W.
Dunn, December 9, 1900. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
These specimens show considerable difference in tint and intensity
of coloration, but all seem to be referable to this well known form.
The treatment of restricted Trimerotropis by McNeill in his re
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334 JAMES A. G. REHN.
cent paper on the genus (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 398 399)
is quite inexplicable. Stal (Recensio Orthopt., i, pp. 134-135)
founded the genus on maritima and ptacida, the latter regarded by
McNeill (p. 411) as a synonym of ochraceipennis Blanchard. The
reviser of the genus placed these two species in a new subgenus
Agonozoa, and uses Trimerotropis s. s. for another subgenus. As is
quite apparent Agonozoa is a synonym of restricted Trimerotropis,
and a new name is necessary for McNeill's subgenus Trimerotropis.
To supply the deficiency I propose Fseadotrimerotropis.
Circotettix verriiciilatiis (Kirby).
1837, Locusta verruculata Kirby, Fauna Bor.-Amer., iv, p. 250.
Two % , one 9 ; Ricketts, Wyoming Co., Pa. ; collected by Stew-
ardson Brown, September 1, 1900. Two 9 ; Bellasylva, Wyoming
Co., Penna. ; collected by Otto Behr, August, 1900. One 9 ; North
Mountain (Ganoga Lake), Sullivan Co., Pa. ; collected by C. W.
Johnson.
The above mentioned specimens, in the collection of the writer,
are the first published records of this specimens from Pennsylvania.
The southern boundary of the Transition (Alleghanian) fauna
probably constitutes the limit of this species.
Heliastii!^ californiciis (Thomas).
1875, Thrincns ailifornicus Thomas, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., i. No.
ser. 1, p. 66.
One S , three 9 ; San Diego, Cal., and San Diego Co., Cal. ;
collected by G. W. Dunn, March 21, 1900. Collection of J. A. G.
Rehn.
Schistocerca aliitavea (Harris).
1841, Acridiiim alataceam Harris, Treat. Inj. Ins., p. 139.
One % , two ^ ; Cuyamaca, San Diego Co., Cal., September 29,
1900; San Diego Co., Cal., 1900 ; collected by G. W. Dunn. Col-
lection of J. A. G. Rehn.
Scliistocerca daniiiifioa (Saussure).
1861, Acridiiim damnificum Saussure, Revue et Magas. de Zool., 2e ser., xiii,
p. 164.
One % ; Miami, Dade Co., Fla. ; collected by S. N. and M. C.
Rhoads, January 21, 1899. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn. Only
one previous record from southern Florida is published, a specimen
having been taken at Key West.
NORTH AMERICAN ORTHOPTERA. 335
IHelanoplus aftiiiis Scudder.
1897, Melanoplns affinis Scudder, Proc. Ainer. Philos. Soc, xxxvi, p. 20, 32.
Four S , three 9 ; Cuyamaca, San Diego Co., Cal. ; collected by
G. W. Dunn, October 1,1900. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
Rlelanopliis fasciatiis (Walker).
1870, Caloptenus fasciatus Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., iv, p. 680.
One (? ; Ganoga Lake, Sullivan Co., Pa. ; collected by Steward-
son Brown, September 2, 1900. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
This specimen is apparently the first Pennsylvania record, and
belongs to typical fasciatus (/. fasciatus =f curtus Scudder). From
present known records it appears quite evident that this species in-
habits the Alleghanian (Transition), Canadian and Hudsonian
zones. The record from cranberry bogs at Jamesburg, N. J. (Smith,
Ins. N. J., 1899, p. 156), is accounted for by the fact that such bogs
have a very decidedly Alleghanian element in them.
iHelaiiopIus piiiK^tulatus (Scudder).
1862, Caloptenus jncnr.tulatHS Scudder, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., vii, p. 465.
One 9 ; near Philadelphia, Pa. ; collected by S. F. Aaron, Sep-
tember 2. Collection of the Academy.
This species has been recorded from surrounding States, but never
before from Pennsylvania.
Paroxya floridiana (Thomas).
1874, Caloptenus floridianns Thomas, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv.
Terr., 1, No. 2, p. 68.
One 9 ; Miami, Fla. ; collected by S. N. and M. C. Rhoads, Jan-
uary 23, 1899. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
Aptenopedes aptera Scudder.
1877, Aptenopedes aptera Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, p. 86.
One S ; Miami, Dade Co., Fla. ; collected by S. N. and A. C.
Rhoads, January 17, 1899. Collection of J. A. G. Rehn.
TETTIGONIDJ^.
Dichopetala eniargiiiata Bruuuer.
1878, Dichopetala emarginata Brunner, Mouogr. d. Phaneropt., p. 77.
One 9 ; Texas. Collection of the Academy
This specimen, while structurally agreeing very well with Bruu-
ner's description (except for the larger size of the hind femora — 26
mm.), shows some departure in coloration. No median white line is
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336 JAMES A. G. REHN.
visible, the lateral lines on the head and pronotum are well marked,
and the deeper markings of the alxlomen are black instead of reddish
fuscous.
Stenopelinatus calirorniciis Bninner.
1888, Stenopelmntus califoniicus Brunner, Verb. Zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien,
xxxviii, p. 261.
One specimen ; Pasadena, Cal. ; collected by H. N. Rust. Collec-
tion of the Academy (Cope Coll.).
Stenopelmatiis fa!«ciatii!« Thomas.
1875, Steuoijelmatas fasciatus Thomas, Prelim. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Mont.,
p. 434.
Two specimens ; Salt Lake City, Utah. Collection of the Academy.
In the original description of this species Thomas mentioned
specimens from Utah, but none have since been obtained, with the
exception of the specimens here recorded.
Stenopeimatus lii$4trio Saussare.
1859, Renopelmatm histrio Saus., Revue et Magas. de Zool., 2e ser., xi. p. 210.
Two specimens; San Francisco, Cal.; collected by L. E. Rick-
secker. Collection of the Academy (Cope Coll.)
$<iteiiopelinatiis longispina Brunner.
1888, Stenopelmatns longiynna Brunner, Verh. Zool.-bot. Gesellscb. Wien,
xxxviii, p. 260.
One specimen ; Texas. Collection of the Academy.
The occurrence of this species in Texas was quite unexpected, but
the specimen falls quite naturally into Bruuner's species.
Steiiopeliiiadns pictus Scuddcr.
1899, Stenopelmaius pictus Scudder, Canad. Ent., xxxi, pp. 114, 116.
One specimen ; San Franscico, Cal. ; collected by L. E. Rick-
secker. Collection of the Academy (Cope Coll.).
This specimen is topotypic, asScudder's types came from the same
locality.
The character used by Scudder (Canad. Ent., xxxi, p. 144] to
separate the genus Stenopelmatas into two sections is apparently very
unreliable. The spines on the internal margin of the posterior tibije
in the specimens before me (twenty-three in number) present many
discrepancies from Scudder's key. In some specimens the number on
opposite limbs are not the same, and in a few cases the spines are
almost invisible, though the specimens can, by all other characters,
be referred to a species normally possessing prominent spines.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 337
Hadenoecus cavernarum (Saussuie).
1860, Rhaphidophora carenarum Saussure, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4), i, p. 492.
A male specimen of this species from Mammoth Cave, Ken-
tucky, differs from another male from the same locality, and ap-
proaches H. puteamcs in having the subgenital plate i-ather nar-
rowly eniarginate at the apex.
Dialiinia brevipes Haldeman.
1850. Phalangopsis {Diahinia) brevipes Haldeman, Proc Amer. Asso. Adv.
Sci., ii, p. 346.
One (? , two 9 ; North Dakota. Collection of the Academy.
These specimens extend the range of the species, no specimens hav-
ing been previously recorded north of South Dakota. Nine speci-
mens of this species examined by the writer, all agree in having the
third tarsal joint of the fore and hind legs absent as noticed by Scud-
der (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., xxx, p. 108) in a series of fourteen.
GRYLLID^.
CEcantlius piiii BeutenmuUer.
1894, CEcanfhus pini BeutenmuUer, Jouru. N. Y. Ent. Soc., ii, p. 56.
Four specimens, one S, two 9, one immature; Chestertown,
Kent Co., Md. ; collected by E. G. Vanatta, August 17, 23 and 27,
1899. Collection of the Academy.
The most southern point from which this species has been previ-
ously recorded is Riverton, Burlington County, New Jersey (vide
Smith, Insects N. J., 1899, p. 165).
(Ecaiitliiis quadi'iniaeiilatiis Beutenmiiller.
1894, (Jicanthus qaudrimacidatus Beuteumiiller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
vi, pp, 250. 271.
One S ; Chestertown, Kent County, Md.; collected by E. G. Van-
atta, August 23, 1899. Collection of the Academy. The remarks
made under the preceding species also apply to this form.
Anaxipha exigua (Say).
1825, Acheta exigua Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, p. 309.
Five specimens, two S , one 9 , two immature ; Delaware and
Pennsylvania. Collection of the Academy.
Phyllosicirtus pulcliellus (Ubler).
1864, Phyllopalpus pulchellus Uhler, Proc. Eut. Soc. Phila., ii, p. 544.
Nine specimens, two % , seven 9 ; Maryland, Delaware and
Pennsylvania. Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. ; collected by E. G.
Vanatta, Aug. 17, 22, 25, 26, 29, 1899. Collection of the A.cademy.
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338 HENRY L. VIERECK.
New Species of the Subfamily PSEIVIIV^.
BY HENRY L. VIEKECK.
In Can. Ent., xxxi, 223 224, Mr. W. H. Ashmead has tabulated
four genera belonging to this subfamily.
According to the recognized rules of Zoological Nomenclature,
Sphex atra Fabr. is the legitimate type of the genus Psen being first
designated as such by Latreille himself.
From this point of view it is necessary to revi.se the names of two
and give a new name to one of the divisions in the table referred to.
The following table is intended to show the genuine types of the
four groups, and is as will be seen (excepting names, synonoray and
types) a copy of Mr. W. H. Ashmead's table of the Pseninse re-
ferred to above :
Cubitus in hind wings originating beyond the transverse median nervure, the lat-
ter short and straight, perpendicular 2.
Cubitus in hind wings originating before the transverse median nervure, the lat-
ter long and oblique or slightly bent, but not perpendicular.
Second cubital cell receiving both recurrent nervures, rarely with the first re-
current nervure interstitial with the first transverse cubitus, or the
second recurrent interstitial with the second transverse ctibitus; inner
spur of hind tibiae dilated ; metathorax with a median sulcus, the area
at base striate or alveolate ; petiole of abdomen long, usually furrowed
laterally ; clypeus convex or subconvex, separated, anteriorly more or
less rounded, and with a slight vein, but without a median sinus; lab-
rum hidden Miinesa Schuckard.
= Aporia Wesm.
[Type Impoxylon equestrie Fabr.]
Second and third cubital cells each receiving a recurrent nervure. or the first
recurrent nervure is interstitial with the first transverse cubitus ; head
with a spine between the antennae; clypeus anteriorly rimmed with a
median sinus Pseii Latreille.
= Dahlbomia Wissm.
= Mesopora Wesra.
[Type Sphex atra Fabr.]
2. Submedian cell in front wings a little shorter than the median, the transverse
median nervure being not quite interstitial with the basal nervure;
second cubital cell usually much narrower above.
Second and third cubital cells each receiving a recurrent nervure, rarely
with the first recurrent nervure interstitial with tlie first transverse
cubitus Neofoxia Vier. u. n.*
Psen Aslini. not Latr.
[Type Psen atrafa Pz.]
Second cubital cell receiving both recurrent nervures PweiiuliiN Kohl.
[Type Psen fuxcipennis Dahlb.
* Named after Mr. W. J. Fox of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadel-
phia, in recognition of his valuable contributions to American HymenopteVology.
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 339
MinieMa regiilaris Fox.
Pseii, regtilaris Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc , xxv, 6, 9 > 1898.
"A.ntenn?e (flagella missing)." Antennse reaching to the middle
of the thorax, flagellum thickened more than in M. niger. First joint
of the tlagellum about one-third longer than the second. Two
9 North Mountain, Sullivan County, Pa. (C. W. Johnson.)
iVIiinesa striatii!« n. sp.
Dorsulum longitudinally striate, enclosure of metathorax smooth, petiole slen-
der and narrow. J . Length 8 mm.
Head shining, front with fine somewhat separated punctures, closest near base
of antennse, vertex with very fine transverse strise. Space between posterior
ocelli seemingly less than space between ocelli and nearest eye margin. Front
with a well-defined median carina extending from middle of space between in-
sertion of the antennae, to anterior ocellus. Face and olypens with dense silvery
pubescence, as in Cylindricus, on the cheeks less dense, silvery, the rest of the head
with sparse very short hairs. Antennse slender at base, gradually thickened to
the apex, first joint of the flagellum almost as long as the second and third
united. Dorsulum with close, fine, longitudinal strife. Mesopleurse minutely
striate, sericeus. Scutellum glossy, sparsely punctured, postscutellum with a
tuft of white pubescence laterally. Enclosure of metathorax with a somewhat
diamond shaped, shining area, the upper boundaries of which are formed by
well-marked ridges, followed on each side by at least two other ridges, the spaces
between also smooth, the rest of the metathorax dull, reticulated, posterior face
with sparse, slender hairs, a tuft of pubescence at base laterally. Wings hyaline,
nervures brownish, first and second transverse cubitus almost uniting on the
margiiml nervure, second cubital cell receiving the first recurrent nervure a little
less than one-third its length from the first transverse cubitus, the second recur-
rent nervure almost interstitial with the second transverse cubitus. Femora and
tibia} sericeus, posterior tibiae with short stiflF hairs behind. Tarsi with yellowish
pubescence. Petiole distinctly trisulcate, longer than the posterior femora, slen-
der, of almost equal width throughout. Abdomen smooth, polished, with excep-
tion of first segment thinly sericeus. Pygidial area narrower apically than in
cylindricus, with strong punctures laterally, impunctate medially, not polished
and with long sparse hairs.
Black. Antennse seal-brown. Tibial spurs whitish, tarsi changing from whit-
ish at base to brownish testaceous at apex.
Related to regularis and cylindricus, to the former by its smooth
nietathoracic enclosure, to the latter by its slender, narrow petiole.
Readily distinguished by the striate dorsulum.
Type in collection H. L. Viereck. Type locality, Westville, N.
J., August 30, 1899 (H. L. Viereck). A specimen from Avalon,
N. J., June 9 (C. W. Johnson) is referred with doubt to this species.
Since the above was written a specimen of this species has been
found in collection Am. Ent. Soc, labelled Fla. $ .
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DEC, 1901.
340 HENRY L. VIERECK.
Miinei^a niger Pack.
Psen niger Pack., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil., vi, 399, ? (excl. % ), 1867.
One S , Leliigh Gap, Lehigh County, Pa., July 12, 1900 (H. L.
Viereck),
9Iiine!<ia loiigicoruis Fox.
I'srn Jonijicornia Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv, 6, %, , 1898.
One S, Westville, N. J., August 30, 1899 (H. L. Viereck).
IVIiincsa johiiMOiii n. sp.
Joints of flagelluni % not i)ulged outward, dorsuluni punctate to striato-piinc-
tate, metathorax with a smooth area, otherwise coarsely reticulated.
9- — Length 8.5 mm. Head polished with moderately strong evenly spaced
punctures, closer in front of ocelli than behind, a raised line extending from a
prominence between the antennae at base to the anterior ocellus, well defined on
its lower half less so above. Posterior ocelli in pits, space between posterior pair
plainly less than that between them and nearest eye margin. Face and clypeus
thickly covered with golden pubescence, on cheeks sparse, concolorous with that
on face, rest of the head with sparse golden hairs. Antennae with the first joint
of the flagelluni slender, not as long as joints two and three united, flagelluni be-
coming gradually thickened to decidedly at middle and beyond.
Dorsulum coarsely punctured, somewhat confluently, a longitudinal impressed
line on each side extending from just in front of the middle to the posterior bor-
der of the dorsulum. Mesopleurae polished, with a few distinct punctures and
sparse pale pubescence. Scutellum strongly punctate. Enclosure of metathorax
triangular, apex truncated, a hexagonal smooth area with its anterior lateral
margins formed by oblique ridges, followed by other oblique ridges to the ajiexes,
space between narrow and smooth, the rest of the metathorax coarsely reticulated.
Postscutellum laterally, middle segment at the base laterally, with a patch of
long yellowish hairs. Wings hyaline, faintly fuscous, the marginal cell darkest,
uervures dark brown, testaceous at base of wing. First and second transverse
cubital nervures well separated on the radial nervure, first recurrent nervure re-
ceived by the second cubital cell about one-fourth its length beyond the first
transverse cubitus, second recurrent nervure received about one-fifth of its
length before the second transverse cubitus. Femora and tibiae sericeous, tarsi
W'itli golden pubescence. Petiole longer than posterior fenior, broadened, wider
at apex than at base, distinctly trisulcate, median sulcus smooth, with slender
erect pale hairs. Abdomen smooth and shining, apical half of segments two,
three, four sericeous, fifth segment and pygidium with sparse golden hairs.
Length of pygidial area more than twice the width. Smooth and polished
medially, laterally with a row of deep punctures. Black, tibiae ferruginous, with
a dark spot dorsally, tarsi and spurs honey-yellow. Antennae seal-brown, under-
side of joints one and two of the fiagelluin ferruginous.
•J, . — Length 8.5 mm. Head punctured a little closer than in 9 • Face and cly-
peus covered with silvery pubescence, about the same length as in the other sex.
Space aside and between the scape with sparce pubescence, tinged with yellow.
Space between hind ocelli less than that between them and nearest eye margin.
Antennje as long as head and thorax, slender, of almost equal width throughout,
first joint of the flagelluni a little less than one-third longer than the second. Pro-
AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 341
notum furrowed, sericeous, dorsulum striato-punctate. Scntelluni sparsely punc-
tate. Tubercles and postscutelluni laterally witli a tuft of long yellowisL pubes-
cence. Metathorax sculptured, coarser than in %, smooth area well developed,
covered with erect silvery pubescence. Mesopleurse and underside of femora
sericeous. Space between first and second transverse cubitals on radial nervure
variable, small, second recurrent nervure almost interstitial with the second
transverse cubitus. Petiole distinctly trisulcate, with sparse erect hairs. Abdo-
men shining, first segment almost base, the rest silvery sericeous. Black.
Underside of joints one, two, three and four of the flagellum ferruginous below,
above and the rest of the joints entirely seal-brown. Tegulse and base of the
wings testaceous, spurs and tarsi whitish.
Related to mellipes Say S (as determined by Mr. Fox), from
which it differs in having joints of flagellum simple, coarser in sculp-
ture of metathorax and larger size.
Type in collection H. L. Viereck. Type locality, % , Riverton,
N. J,, June 10 (C. W. Johnson); 9, Lehigh Gap, Lehigh County,
Pa., July 14, 1899 (Viereck). Dedicated to Mr. Chas. W. Johnson.
ITIiinesa ferrtiginea n. sp.
Head coarsely punctured, dorsulum coufluently punctured, metathorax coarsely
reticulated, ferruginous, as is the petiole and greater part of first two abdominal
segments.
"J, . — Length 12 mm. Head closely and strongly punctate, punctures on ver-
tex coarser and sparser, impressions behind posterior ocelli marked and shining.
Clypeus tridentate, its surface covered with rather lung silvery tinged with yel-
low, pubescence, which extends up on the face somewhat above insertion of an-
tennae, front and vertex, with sparse, long, yellowish pubescence, cheeks silvery
sericeous. Antennae somewhat longer than head and thorax, slightly flattened
and dilated beyond the middle, joints four to nine of the antennai curved out-
wardly, anteriorly impressed above just within the margin. Prothorax with a
transverse channel, angled anteriorly and covered with golden apressed pubes-
cence. Dorsulum coarsely striate punctate, with an impressed line starting at
the middle of each side and runs to posterior margin, scutellum strongly punc-
tured. Metathorax reticulate, impressed at base medially, the pits large and
shallow, mesopleurae confluently punctured, covered with short silvery pubes-
cence, tegulae and postscutellum with long, gold -tinted erect pubescence, to each
side of metathoracic impression there is a patch of erect silvery or gold-tinted
pubescence. Wings strongly tinged with yellowish brown, first recurrent nerv-
ure received by the second submarginal cell just before the middle, the second
recurrent nervure received a little less than one-fourth the length of the cell
before the second transverse cubitus, tegulae and base of wings testaceous, stigma
a tawny olive, nervures dark. Petiole longer than posterior femor, rounded
above, smooth and shining, slightly flattened at base, first abdominal segment
smooth and comparatively bare, segments two, three, four sparsely sericeous on
apical half, the rest of the segments apparently entirely sericeous.
Color: Joints one, two, three, four and part of five of flagellum dull ferrugin-
ous, scape shining ferruginous, the rest of the joints seal-brown. Legs shining,
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DEC, 1901.
342
HENRY L. VIERECK.
dark testaceous, calcaiiie whitish. Tubercles, metatborax, petiole and second
abdominal segments (with exception of a piceous border) claret-brown or ferru-
ginous, first segment also mottled with blackish spots.
Differs from kohlii (to which it appears to be related) by its larger
size, longer antennae, more rounded antennal joints, the coarser
punctuation of the head by its coloration.
Type deposited in collection Am. Ent. Soc, by ]Mr. W. J. Fox.
Type locality, Biscayue Bay, Fla. (Mrs. Slosson).
91 i mesa cressonii Pack.
Psen cressonii Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv, 12, ^ %.
One % , Hertford, County, N. C, June 9, 1895 (C. W. Johnson) ;
two % , Camden County, N. J., September 22, 1901, on flowers of
Aster (Viereck).
Jflimesa inaculipes Fox.
Psen macidipes Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv, % .
One $ , North Woodbury, N. J., June 13, 1901 (Viereck).
LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES
IfllMKSA Shuckard.
M. cylindricus Fox 9 % ■
M. niger Pack. 9 % .
M. regularis Fox 9 -
M. striatas Vier. 9 •
M. mixta Fox 9 %, ■
M. leucops 8«?/ 9 'h ■
M. longicornis Fox % .
M. mellipes f<ay 9 % ■
M.johusoni Vier. 9 %■
M. kohlii Fox 9 % ■
M. ferruginea Vier. % .
M. punctata Fox 9 •
M. simplicicornis Fox 9 %, ■
M. fuscipes Pack. 9 •
M. argentifrons Cress. 9 ^•
M. cressonii Pack. 9 % •
M. cbalcifrons Pack. 9 •
M. borealis S»n. 9 S •
M. pauper Pacfc. ^ %■
M. cingulata Pack. % .
M. uuicincta Cress. 9 % ■
M. clypeata Fox 9 % ■
M. granulosa Fox % .
M. gregaria Fox % .
M. proxima Cress. 9 •
M. basirufa Pack. 9 % ■
M. maculipes Fox % .
M. mexicana Cam. 9-
M. palchra Ca>». 9-
M. striolata Cam. 9 •
M. longiventris ra7n. 9-
M. monticola Cam. 9 ■
M. montezuma Cam. 9 •
M. claviventris Cam. 9-
PSE1« Latreille.
P. monticola Pack. 9 % ■
P. annulipes Cam.
MKOFOXIA Vier.
N. frontalis Fox 9 .
N. trisulcus Fox 9 •
N. tibialis Cress. 9 % .
N. suflFusus Fox 9 •
PSKWUL.IIS Kohl.
(None.)
AMERICAN HEMIPTERA. 343
IIVOTES ON SOUIE HEMIPTERA FROM BRITISH
GUIANA.
BY EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE.
During the past summer I have been receiving from Mr. R. J.
Crew certain families of the Heteroptera collected by him about
Bartica, British Guiana. So few collections in this order have been
reported from this interesting country, it seemed to me that an an-
notated list of the material received might be of value especially as
this list includes the names, of some species not before recorded from
that district. In addition to the 89 species here recorded the lot
included some forms I have as yet been unable to place satisfactorily.
The species are arranged nearly as in Lethierry and Sevrin's Cata-
logue.
Superfaraily PENTATOMOIDEA.
Corimelaena tibialis Fabr. — April, May and Sept., three ex-
amples. A tiny little species about half the size of pulicaria which
it somewhat resembles.
Corimelaena Daldorfi Fabr. — March, May and Sept., five ex-
amples. Apparently common. A pretty species variegated with
orange and black.
Corimelaena spp. — There are in this lot several examples rep-
resenting two species both closely allied to notatipennis Stal, but
wanting the pale spots at the apex of the corium. More material
and further study is necessary to properly locate these species.
Corimelaena rastrata Stal. — March, May and Sejjtember, five
examples.
Corimelaena Schmidti Fabr. — Many examples taken from May
to September. This species pertains to the section of the genus having
the scutellum shorter than the abdomen. I place it here with hesita-
tion. It agrees well with Stal's description in the Hemiptera Fabrici-
ana except that it has the additional pale point at the apical angle of
the elytra as described by Germar. But Germar's species has the long
scutellum and has been named notatipennis by Stal. This species is
so well represented in the material sent by Mr. Crew that I cannot
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DEC, 1901.
344 EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE.
believe it still unclescribed. The small point on the coriuni may be
wanting at times as it is almost obsolete in some of the specimens
before me.
Camirus conicus Germ. — Numbers taken in April, May and
September. This species closely resembles Sphyrocoris obliquus.
Dryptocephala livida H. S. — One example taken May 27th.
Discocephala terminalis Walker. — One specimen taken April
12th agrees in every particular with Walker's description, which in
this case is excellent.
Discocephala umbraculata Fabr. — April. Three examples.
Coriplatus depressus White. — May 8th. One example. This
agrees very closely with White's description, but disagrees with his
figure in having the posterior tooth on the side of the pronotum
broad- triangular, acute at tip, and directed horizontally outward,
not narrow and curved backward. Further material may show it
to be a distinct species.
Mormidea ypsilon Linn. — Large numbers taken from March
to June. Two smaller and distinct species are in the lot which I
have not yet been able to identify.
Galedanta myops Fabr. — May 27th. One example.
Sibara armata Dall. — Several, taken from May to September.
This is a trim little species with sharp thoracic angles. It is almost
black above, with two white points on the pronotum, three on the
base of the scutellum, and one on the disk of each elytron.
Euschistus acutus Dall.— March to August. Apparently
abundant. Superficially this species resembles the preceding but it
is proportionately broader, paler, and without the white dots.
Euschistus heros Fabr. — March to September. Several speci-
mens that I have placed here are still broader and paler than the
foregoing with the sharp thoracic angles black. They resemble ere-
nator but are larger, and the last ventral segment of the male is
trisinuate exactly as described by Stal in his trisimiatus. As these
males correspond in other respects with the short diagnosis oftrisin-
uatus given by Stal, f strongly suspect that this species may be
identical with heros. If there be any distinguishing characters
Stal has failed to indicate them. ^Vnother species in this genus is
represented by five examples. It may be still undescribed.
Loxa flavicollis Drury. — One specimen taken June 10th.
Loxa deducta Walker. — A very neat pretty little species of
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about the size and general as])ect of our northern Nezara hilariis,
but with sharp thoracic angles. One specimen, May 2od.
Arocera apta Walker. — One example, taken August 12th. JNfy
specimen is a little larger with the ground color more distinctly yellow
than in Distant's figure in the Biologia.
Banasa alboapicata Stal. — April and July. Three examples.
There is also in this lot two specimens of a second species of Banasa
I have not yet been able to determine.
Arvelius albopunctatus De Geer. — Two examples, taken in
June. These are unusually large and dark colored.
Taurocerus edessoides Spinola.— Two taken in May and
August. This is a very pretty mahogany-colored species with a
yellow tip to the scutellum and elytral horns.
Brachystethus cribrum Fabr. — Two examples, taken in
March.
Edessa moschus Erich. — I have about a dozen examples of
this very pretty species taken in May and June. It is about the
size of metatibunda with the pronotal angles produced in long te-
rete horns which point well backward and upward. The color is
bright clear green above with the tips of the humeral horns black,
the elytra dull chestnut with a paler costa, and the legs and antennjt"
rufous, inclined to yellow. Beneath yellowish with the sutures and
a short parallel vitta within the stigmata clear green ; there is also
an indication of a median line, and an oblique vitta either side of it,
dull green.
Edessa quadridens Fabr. — Numbers of this species were taken
from April to September. These all agree in having a narrow white
line on the base of the scutellum.
Edessa discors Erich. — I have one male taken June 10th that
I identify with this species with little hesitation. It is a trifle larger
than metatibunda and less densely punctate on the pronotum and
scutellum. The outer angles of the pronotum are sharper with the
lateral margins straight and the hind edge more deeply concave
before the scutellum. The edge of the abdomen is much more
strongly toothed at each segment, even more strongly than in quadri-
dens. Color light clear green on the head, pronotum and scutellum.
Head with narrow edges and an almost obsolete median line yellow.
Elytra castaneous, as iu metatibunda with the nervures pale ; antennte
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. (44) DEC, 1901.
346 EDWAKD P. VAN DUZEE.
and legs rufous; body beneath dull reddish yellow with the slender
sutures and an abbreviated line between them within the stigmata,
brown. Above the margins of the abdomen are broadly exposed
beyond the elytra, brown, inclined to chestnut toward the margins,
and strongly pitted near the incisures. The scutellun) is propor-
tionately longer and more impressed each side at tip than in metati-
buiida. This is slightly smaller and a very different insect from
Edessa Petersi of Distant. . The latter is much more convex, less
strongly and thickly punctured above, with blunter pronotal angles,
a shorter and wider scutellum, and the edge of the abdomen is much
lesss strongly toothed. The color too is very different. I possess
one specimen, certainly Petersi, from Mexico.
Edessa metatibunda Thunbg. — Two examples, taken in May.
This species seems to be more abundant in Brazil.
Edessa corallipes Erich. — One examjjle, taken June 28th,
seems to answer perfectly to Erichson's short description. It is a
little smaller than the preceding, of a rich chestnut brown, showing
in some lights a coppery green reflection on the head, pronotum and
scutellum. The pronotum and scutellum are remotely and deeply
punctured. . The humeral angles are sharp but less produced than
in quadrldens, apex of the scutellum broader than in quadridens and
rather more strongly impressed before the acute tip. The elytra are
dull, almost yellowish brown, with an obsolete darker patch before
the middle, behind which is an indistinct paler Y-shaped mark on
the nervures ; legs light rufous ; antennae paler.
Piezosternum subulatum Fabr. — Two examples, taken in
May.
Discocera ochrocyanea Lep. — A very pretty species of which
there is one specimen in this lot. May 6th. This disagrees with the
description of Amyot and Serville in having the deep blue disk of
the pronotum divided by a longitudinal line.
Family COREIDiE.
Spathophora biclavata Fabr. — Three examples of this large
showy insect were taken in April, May and September.
Pachylis nervosus Dall. — April and May, three examples.
Molchina compressicornis Fabr. — A magnificent species of
which one specimen was taken on May 7th.
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Melucha lineatella Fabr. — Numbers taken from March to
August.
Nematopus Indus Linn. — March to September. Judging from
the numbers received a very abundant species.
Nematopus fasciatus Westw. — One example, taken March
28th. This handsome species is' black above with a broad orange
band across the middle of the pronotum ; margin of the scutellum,
hind edge of the pronotum, and elytral veins whitish. Legs, an
tennse, and all beneath fulvous brown, with the tip of the hind
femora and abdomen black.
Acanthocephala latipes Drury. — March, April and August.
The white band on the front of the pronotum seems to be quite
characteristic.
Petalops thoracicus Thunbg. — Several examples of this bril-
liantly colored species were taken from April to August.
Holymenia intermedia Burm. — Two examples, May and July
The hyaline elytra and spotted thorax gives this species a superfi-
cial resemblance to certain Hyraenoptera. It is a little smaller than
histrio which I have from Brazil, and may be distinguished by the
partly white third joint of the antennae.
Leptoscelis bipustulatus Linn. — March to June. Apparently
common. In some examples the whitish color of the elytra is deep-
ened to fulvous or almost orange.
Hypselonotus fulvus De Geer. — Two examples of this widely
distributed species were taken in June.
Paryphes Isetus Fabr. — March to June. This is a large
showy species marked with broad yellow belt on a dark green
ground color.
Paryphes regalis Westw. — One specimen taken August 14th,
agrees very closely with the short descriptions of Westwood and
Amyot, except that the thorax is entirely fulvous ; not black
behind as described by them. This specimen is a female as was
Amj'ot's.
Trachelium tessellatum Dist. — Two examples taken in May
agree very nearly with Distant's description. The ground color is
a shining piceous black, with the legs and apical joints of the an-
tennae paler.
Cydamus adspersipes Stal.—Several taken from April to
June.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DEC, 1901.
848 EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE.
CydamustrispinosusDeGeer. — Fourexamplestukeii April 2(1.
Leptocorisa filiformis Fabr. — April 27th. Two examples.
Hyalymenus tarsatus Fabr — April and May. Apparently
common. There are several variations in color from fulvous brown
to deep black which may represent two or more distinct species.
Hyalymenus vespiform's Fabr. —I have one male and two
females that I place here. THe male has the head and thorax
reddish and the hind femora black, and on the sides of the third
abdominal segment there is a small spine. In the females the head
and thorax are black, marked with white just as described by Stal
in (jraciliipinus, but the hind angles of the pronotum are not pro-
duced, and the apical joint of the antennae is white.
Jadera sanguinolenta Fabr. — One example, taken in May.
Family LYG^lD^gi:.
Lygseus variegatus De Geer. — June. Three examples.
Lygaeus modestus Stal. — April. Two examples.
Lygaeus dispar Stal. — March to May. Apparently abundajit.
CEdancala notata Stal. — March and April. Like the last, re-
ceived in large numbers.
Pamera serripes Dallas. — April and May. Several examples.
Pamera consuta Dallas. — Three examples, April to June.
Pamera globiceps Stal. — April and March. Received in large
numbers.
Pamera parvula Dallas. — March and April.
Family TINGIDiE.
Telonemia validicornisStal? — One example, taken April loth,
wants the apical half of each antenna, but I feel little doubt about the
determination.
Family ARADIDiE.
Dysodius lunatus Linn. — Two examples, taken April 10th.
Hesus cordatus Fabr. — One specimen, taken August 18th, I
have placed here, although I am by no means certain that it may
not be either flaviventris or acuminatus. In form and marking it
agrees exactly with Distant's figure of snharmafus, except that it has
no indication of the tubercle on the edge of the anterior h)be of the
pronotum. In color it is black above, marked with ferruginous on
AMERICAN HEMIPTERA. 349
the broadly expanded margins of the terguni, and there is a pale
spot on the outer basal angle of the membrane. The fourth joint of
the antennse is not longer than the second and is paler on its conical
tip, and the base of the first joint is pale within. The third joint of
the antennse and the tibite are without pale annulations.
Brachyrhynchus sp. — One specimen, taken June 1st, agrees
very closely with the figure of B. Handlirschi in the Biologia. The
form of the head and pronotum correspond exactly. The basal joint
of the antennae is also the same, and the apical margin of the elytra
has the same emargination. This insect, however, is of the usual
blackish brown color, and shows no indication of the ochraceous
incrustation mentioned by Prof. Distant. It is a male.
Family REDUVIIDiE.
Pygolampis spurca Stal. — I have in ray hand one male of this
genus from Demerara, one male from Texas, and one female from
Florida. The two latter agree in having the basal joint of the an-
tennae proportionately shorter, distinctly shorter than the pronotum ;.
the Demerara example has this joint as long as the pronotum and
half of the head. Compared with the Texan male it has the pro-
notum blackish throughout, not on the borders only, the elytra paler,
the hind femora darker and more distinctly irrorate with pale; the
rostrum pale with a black tip, not blackish with a pale base ; the
two anterior pairs of tibiae are less distinctly banded ; the lower sur-
face is less broadly infuscated along the median line ; the polished
black vitta on each side of the metasternum is shorter, and the apical
segment of abdomen exceeds the elytra, with the terminal lobes less
rounded, almost subacute. The specimen from Demerara I have
called spurca and that from Texas and the female from Florida
peetoralis, although the Texan male agrees much more closely with
the description of the male of spurca given by Distant in the Biologia.
Stenopoda culiciformis Fabr.— One quite typical example
taken in May.
Gnathobleda letigiosa Stal.— One female, taken June 17th.
This specimen answers well to Stal's description, but is rather more
strongly colored and has two black points on the disk of the corium.
The pronotum has the sides posteriorly, and a broad median vitta,
fuscous.
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350 EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE.
Narvesus sp.— June 12tb. The one example received looks
very like a strongly colored specimen of carolinensis, but the anterior
angles of the pronotum are less produced and the apex of the head
has two long porrect tubercles almost attaining the middle of the
basal joint of the antennre, quite in contrast with the acute spines
in carolinensis. This specimen also differs in having the basal joint
of the rostrum distinctly longer than the second. The antennae are
hairy but the legs are smooth except for very short hairs on the
tibiae. It may represent a new genus.
There is another apparently undescribed insect in this lot. It is
a large fine species with the apical segment of the abdomen produced
into two rounded divergent lobes. In most characters it comes very
close to genus Shaumannia Distant.
Bactrodes femoratus Fabr. — April 12th, one example.
Leogorrus litura Fabr. — May. Two examples.
Macrophthalmus pallens Lap. — Five examples, taken in
August. This is a very neat and graceful little insect of a mixed
warm brown and gray color. The short and comparative descrip-
tions given by all writers who have mentioned this species and his-
trionicas makes it impossible for me to be absolutely sure where to
place the present form. I believe, howevever, it is correctly located
here.
Spiniger spinidorsis Gray. — May to August. The five ex-
amples received have tlie tips of the thoracic spines black, otherwise
they seem to be typical. The elytra are of a rich ochre brown
shading to black at the costal base.
Spiniger nigripennis Stal. — Two examles, taken in May and
August, agree with Stal's description in every respect except that
the pale markings of the elytral nervures are scarcely discej'nable.
Pothea frontalis Lep. — A beautiful black species bordered with
orange.
Ectrichodia immarginata Stal. — One specimen of this, fine
species was taken August 18th. It is smaller and narrower than
lateralis of which I possess an example from Brazil. The latter
may also be distinguished by the rugose posterior lobe of the ])ro-
notum, and by having the margin of the abdomen, tip of the scu-
tellum, and a point on the hind edge of the corium rufous.
Apiomerus lanipes Fabr. — May to August.
Apiomerus geniculatus Erich. — Two females of the black
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351
variety. They have the knees, tibire, anterior excepted, and in one
case the connexivuni obscure reddish piceous. The anal lobes are
dull sanguineous and the hind angles of the pronotum are very
pale.
Apiomerus nitidicollis Stal. — One specimen. This has the
intermediate feet entirely pale, and a pale spot covers the inner field
of the corium across which the veins are black.
Micrauchenus lineola Fabr. — A beautiful species of which a
number of specimens were received.
Calliclapius nigripes Linn -This species resembles the preced-
ing in being intensely black with a sanguineous tip to the elytra, but
this is a more slender insect with the areoles of the membrane subhy-
aline. The antennae, except the basal joint, and the two hind pairs
of legs are rufous, and the head is differently shaped.
Heniartes flavicans Fabr. — Easily distinguished by the two
silvery spots on the base of the scutellum. It is rufous with the
head and apical half of the elytra black. The hairy legs are even
more abundantly supplied with a sticky exhudation than in Apio-
merm. It seems to be common about Deraerara.
Diplodus dispar Fabr. — One female I place here with little
doubt. The tips of the femora and a narrow ring a little below are
black. The abdomen is sanguineous above and yellowish beneath,
with the apex and four dots on each side of the venter black. The
thoracic spines are short, sharp and al)rupt. Another specimen,
probably a male of this, has the disk of the thorax and scutellum
dull rufous. Below it is pale with the tip of the abdomen black.
Here the thoracic spines are reduced to mere tubercles.
Diplodus erythrocephalus Fabr. — Several examples received.
The females are beautiful insects with a red head and steel blue
elytra. The males are paler with fuscous elytra wanting the blue
reflections. The head is yellowish, clouded above and marked with
two fuscous lines behind the eyes which touch the ocelli and con-
verge to the base of the head. Venter in both sexes Avith a pale
carina. In the females the fifth and sixth segments have a white
farinaceous band on each side. The two hind pair of femora in the
males are annulated with pale near their base. There are two other
species of Diplodus in this lot that I have not yet been able to identify.
One is near pedestris Fabr.
Notocyrtus gibbus Fabr. — Several specimens.
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352 EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE.
Cosmonyttus ichneumoneus Fabr. — May and June. Three
examples.
Amaurosphodrus sp — One example of an apparently unde
scribed species is in the lot.
Corcia spinosa Fabr. — One male, taken April 8th. The thorax
below has three farinaceous vittse, and the venter has a broad fuscous
lateral vitta and a narrow median black one.
Ricolla 4-spinosa Linn. — April and May. Several examples.
Plseogaster elevatus Fabr. — One example, taken April 9th.
Plaeogaster socius Stal. — One female, taken April 1st. The
dark sanguineous elytra dotted with white readily distinguishes this
very pretty species.
Mononyx nepaeformis Fabr. — One specimen, taken June 25th.
BOLIVIAN BUTTERFLIES. 353
DESCRIPTION OF MINE NEW BOLIVIAN
BUTTERFLIES.
BY A. G. WEEKS, JR.
Adelpha deborah sp. nov.
Expanse 2 inches. — Head, tboi-ax, palpi, abdomen and legs rieh brown above;
white beneath. Antennte black, tipped with brown.
General ground color of upper surface dark brown, as in nearly all species of
this group.
The forewing is crossed by a very prominent band of tawny color running from
centre of costa downwards, touching end of discoidal space, and striking inner
margin one-third distance from lower angle to base. The portion opposite the
lower end of discoidal space extends outwards towards hind margin. The veins
crossing the bands are distinctly marked, being dark brown. One-sixteenth inch
within hind margin is an irregular black line following contour of the margin,
and within this is a suffused baud of a color slightly lighter than ground color,
somewhat indistinct. The space between this and the tawny band, .including
the apical area, is of the ground color. The basal area within the tawny band
is of the ground color, crossed by black lines as follows: in discoidal space a
line starts from median nervure, very near the base, and runs upwards, striking
the subcostal nervure, and then turns abruptly downwards across centre of dis-
coidal space; below, in next interspace, this line forms two small circles, one
above the other. Across outer portion of discoidal space run two parallel black
lines.
The lower wing is crossed by three parallel bands, somewhat lighter than ground
color, starting at costa near apex and joining at anal angle. Within hind mar-
gin, midway to the first of these bands, is an indistinct line of the same color
following the dentations of the margin. There is a fourth and broader band
within the three mentioned, running from centre of costa, terminating also at
anal angle, but it is very indistinct. The basal portion of wing is of ground
color, excepting a very indistinct band of darkish across the discoidal space-
Just above the anal angle, one may say at the anal angle, is a tawny spot.
The under surface is generally blackish, marked with white and tawny.
On underside of forewing, the first half of costa from base upwards, is tawny.
From the base, in discoidal space, is a dash of white extending along the sub-
costal nervure ; outside of this the discoidal space is crossed by a white triangle,
surrounded by a black line ; the balance of discoidal space is dark tawny crossed
by a very prominent spot or band of silvery white with a black border. There
is a very small white dot also at lower outer end of the space, surrounded by
black. The tawny band of the upper surface is white, but is encroached upon,
and so lessened in extent, by the sufl^usion of the blackish ground color. Within
the hind margin appear the line and band noted on upper surface, but at the
apex and lower angle, for the first three interspaces, these are white. The basal
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354 A. G. WEEKS, JR.
area below the discoidal s])ace and witliin tlie main band, is crossed by two broad
wbite l)ands.
Tlie under side of hind wing is crossed at its centre by a jirominent silvery
white band running from centre of costa nearly to anal angle, forming an ex-
tension of the band on the forewing. This is the band which appears so indis-
tinctly on upper side within the three first bands there noted. Outside of this
band the ground color is blackish, crossed by three bands of white dusted with
tawny as they approach anal angle. The outer one of these is broad and distinct,
broken by the veins. Just within the margin is a thread of white, interspacial
and following the dentations of margin. Within the main silvery band and ex-
tending from costa to anal angle, is a broad black band dashed with tawny in its
centre at its np})er half. Within this is another silvery band with a black bor-
der. The very base or shoulder is tawny. The tawny spot at anal angle suf-
fuses in all directions, extending along lower median nervule to the base.
Hab. — Colombia.
One specimen of this has been found in the British Museum col-
lection without name.
Adelplia lielepecki sp. nov.
Expanse 1.80 inches.— Head, thorax and abdomen above, rich brown ; below,
tawny. Palpi above rich brown; below, grayish white. Legs above, tawny;
below, grayish white.
General ground color of upper surface is rich brown. Ilind margins are .some-
what dentated and touched with a white thread in interspaces.
From the centre of costa on forewing, perhaps nearer apex, extends a broad
tawny band running nearly to inner angle. This band is the prominent murk
of upper surface. The subcostal nervule as it crosses this band is distinctly
black, the other nervules and nervures scarcely showing. Opposite the inter-
space, at end of discoidal space, this tawny hand juts outwards towards hind
margin. The apical area is crossed by two lightish bands parallel to hind mar-
gin and very indistinct. Inside of the tawny band, the entire basal half of the
wing is dark rich brown, excepting four black lines which cross the discoidal
s)iace in pairs. The two outer lines are parallel to eachother. The inner line
of the next pair turns at its centre towards the base.
The upper side of lower wing is of same ground color, marked by four wavy
lines or narrow bands of a lighter color which run aci'oss the outer half of the
wing following the contour of the hind margin. The inner two of these are
broader and less distinct than the outer two. The suffusion of these causes
the ground color between them to be broken into interspacial semi-circles, in
some specimens causing the ground color to become secondary to them. The
inner marginal si)ace is lighter than ground color.
On under side of forewing the costa is dark tawny lialf way to ajiex. The
discoidal space has a ground color of dark tawny. At its base, extending upwards
from the wing joint, is a white dash surrounded by black and divided from the
ground color liy a semi-circular black line bulging outwards with a small white
dash within its upper and lower ends. Across the centre of discoidal space is a
prominent silver band edged with black. At the lower outer end of discoidal
si)ace is an irregular silvery spot. The tawny band across the wing is the same
BOLIVIAN BUTTERFLIES. 355
as on upper surface, except the color is a light tawny and the nervures and
nervules are distinctly of a darker shade. The portion of this band which
juts outwards towards hind margin is crossed at its centre by a dark tawny
band which extends downwards, but indistinctly, across the lower portions
The hind margin has a black thread, then a sixteenth-inch border of dark
tawny. Within this in apical area are four interspacial dashes of bright tawny
suffusing towards the base, and midway between these are three or four silver
spots in interspaces downwards from costa. The basal side of these is dashed
with black. The outer side of the prominent band is touched with dark brown,
broad at centre of wing but linear towards lower angle. The basal portion of the
wing below the discoidal space and within the band is black crossed by the dark
tawny nervules, and just above the submedian nervure is a silver spot touching
discoidal space.
The colors of under side of lower wing are the same as upper wing. The
ground color is bright tawny. Across the centre of wing, running from near
the apex to the anal angle, is a band of blackish brown, broad at the centre and
tapering towards anal angle. Within this is a line of interspacial silver spots.
The hind margin with its border of dark tawny is the same as on forewing.
The basal and inner marginal area within the blackish brown band is bright
tawny. In the discoidal space are three prominent silver spots, one at its centre
and one at each end. Above these, on costa, are two silver spots of equal prom-
inence. The interspaces at end of discoidal space have dashes of silver. The
nervures and nervules are dark tawny.
Hab. — Bolivia, near Alezuni.
Described from ten specimens from Alezuni, Bolivia. Absolute
identification from representatives of this genus in collections in
this country seemed impossible, but it was identified in London as A.
saundersii Hew., which I have from Colombia and Bolivia. The
yellow band of saundersii, however, is not so prominent and is en-
croached upon more by the rich ground color. The underside of
saimdersii is quite diflferent, the bright silver of helepecki being re-
placed by dead white, and the dark band of lower wing with its
silver interspacial spots showing in saundersii as a narrow dark
tawny band. While the location of silver or white spots is practi-
cally the same on each, the size of these spots differs totally, and the
bright tawny on underside of helepecki does not appear on saun-
dersii, but is replaced by a dark brownish. There is no variation
in the specimens that I have of helepecki, nor any sign of intergrad-
ing towards my specimens of saundersii.
Diedalma broiiza sp. nov.
Expanse 2.70 inches. —Head, palpi, eyes and antennse dark bronze-brown.
Thorax and abdomen dark bronze-brown above, dark grayish brown beneath.
Legs dark grayish brown.
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356 A. G. WEEKS, JR.
Entire upper surface of botli wings is dark bronze-brown, with some lustre,
without markings. Hind margins deutated, strongly so on lower wings. In
interspaces the edge has a white thread, entirely absent, however, in some speci-
mens.
Underside of forewing grayish bronze. Costa grayish bronze. From point of
apex, and extending down to second median nervule, one-eighth inch within
the margin, is a jagged line of dark bronze. At the second median nervule it
suffuses and broadens out to the margin, extending as a marginal border to lower
angle. Within this the area to top of discoidal space is grayish bronze, broaden-
ing out below and covering the lower interspaces entirely up to median nervure.
The upper portion of this area is slightly dusted with silvery scales. In the inter-
space below the fifth subcostal nervule is a small circular dark brown spot with
a white dot at centre, situated just inside the jagged line above mentioned.
In interspace between the median nervules there is another, and also in inter-
space above submedian nervure, similarly situated, is a larger circular spot of
dark brown, but without the central white spot. The discoidal space is grayish,
but darker than rest of wing and suffuses into the adjoining interspaces.
The lower side of hind wing has a hind marginal border of dark brown
about one-eighth inch wide, following the dentated contour of the margin.
Within this is an area of grayish bronze corresponding in color to the same area
in forewing and covering outer half of wing. In each interspace is a prominent
dark brown spot with a white dot at centre, the upper three being on the basal
side of this grayish bronze area, while the lower ones are in the centre of it.
Within this area, towards base, is a space of silvery white with ill-defined edges,
extending fi-om the costa (just within apex) to a point somewhat above anal
angle. There is a jagged dark brown line from the end of discoidal space nearly
to inner margin. The basal area is dark brown dusted with silvery scales.
Hab. — Bogota district, Colombia.
Described from nine specimens in my collection. One specimen,
the only one found in any American or English collection, is in the
Hewitson collection, but without name.
Eiiptychia lutiela $]). nov.
Expanse 1.1.5 inches. — -Head and palpi blackish brown. Antennre blackish
brown above, with slight whitish annulations at base of each joint; below, light
brown. Club the same, but showing fulvous tip beneath. Thorax and abdomen
dark bronze-brown, lighter underneath. Legs the same.
Entire upper surface of both wings bronze-brown, with a little lustre and tend-
ing to darker at base.
Underside of forewing dark bronze-brown, lacking lustre. One-sixteenth inch
from hiud margin is an indistinct line of dark brown, the area outside of this
line at apex being dusted with grayish scales. One-quarter inch within this line
is another, very indistinct, running from costa down to third median nervule.
Inner margin grayish.
Hind margin of hiud wing dark brown. One-sixteenth inch inside of margin
is a dark brownish line, and the same distance within this another, both follow-
ing contour of margin. The space between these lines is heavily dusted with
somewhat tawny scales suflfusing beyond the lines on both sides. Between the
BOLIVIAN BUTTERFLIES. 357
first and second submedian nervules is a small tawny spot, with a black speck in
its centre touching the inner side of the black marginal line. The inner half
and basal area is black bronze-brown.
i7a6. —Bolivia, near Alezuni.
Taken August 9th, 1899. It closely resembles E. lituraia Butl.,
but lacks the oscellus at apex of forewing below. .
Ithomia gardneri sp. uov.
Expanse 2.30 inches. — Head black, with a white spot at centre and a white
spot over each eye. Eyes surrounded by a white ring. Thorax above, black,
with a longitudinal white dash ; below, white. Abdomen above, black ; beneath,
white. Antenufe above, black : beneath, white in some lights. Club the same.
Legs black above; white beneath.
Upper surface generally transparent with a yellowish tinge. Veins black.
Costa of forewing tawny with a whitish dash on end of discoidal space. Hind
margin edged with black, a little more prominent at ends of veins. Inner mar-
ginal space black. In some lights there are two dashes of yellowish in inter-
spaces at end of discoidal space, the lower one being nearer hind margin. The
interspaces at hind margin also have a dash of the same, and there is another
longitudinally across centre of discoidal space. These markings are scarcely
visible.
The hiudwing has a marginal border of black somewhat broader than on fore-
wing, and within this, on hind margin, the yellowish dashes are larger.
The underside of both wings is the same as upper side, except that the black
is replaced by dark tawny brown.
Hah. — Bolivia.
Described from eight specimens in my collection taken near La
Paz, Bolivia, in April, 1899. It is close to /. esula Hew. in its
general appearance.
Liycsena babhru sp. nov.
Expanse .88 inches. — Head, abdomen and legs light brown above ; whitish be-
neath. Thorax light brown above ; white beneath. Palpi light brown, almost
white, tipped with black.
General ground color of upper surface is brown with considerable lustre. The
hairy fringe of hind margin is brown, shading to white at outer edge. There is
a black thread along hind margins.
The upper side of forewing is light brown without markings, the density of
the brown being variable in various lights.
The upper side of hind wing is the same, except that there are interspacial
lunules of white near hind margin, scarcely perceptible at apex, but growing
quite prominent near anal angle. These lunules are nearly circular, the inclosed
space being somewhat darker than the ground color, resembling darkish spots.
The underside of forewing is light brown without lustre. Hind marginal
fringe the same. From the subcostal interspace downwards is a line of inter-
spacial dark spots surrounded by a whitish thread, seven in number, the upper
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358 A. G. WEEKS, JR.
four near centre of wing and in line with the hind margin, the lower three
somewhat nearer base. Inside the upper four spots, nearer base, and in the dis.
coidal area, are two more similar spots less distinct. In interspaces at hind mar-
gin is a Series of lightish lunules surrounded by dark brown, all quite indistinct.
The underside of hindwing is of the same ground color; the marginal fringe
also. In subcostal area, midway from apex to base, is a dark spot, with a whitish
border resembling the sjjots on forewirig, and near the base is another. Below
the median vein at end of discoidal space is a prominent dash of white extend-
ing nearly to hind margin. This forms the prominent mark of under surface.
Froin its basal end, and running to inner margin, is a series of three white
lunules. The lunules at hind margin are far less distinct than on upper surface,
and are elongated towards the base.
Hab. — Sicasica, Bolivia.
Taken in October, 1899.
IVIetacliaris indisisiaiilis sp. nov.
Expanse 1.25 inches. — Head above, black ; beneath, light tawny. Antennse
black. Legs light tawny. Thorax and abdomen above, black ; beneath, light
tawny.
General ground color of wings dark grayish brown.
Costa of forewing dark grayish brown. Hind margin has a narrow border of
rust color, scarcely perceptible at lower angle, but broadening towards apex.
In each interspace, about one-sixteenth inch from margin, is a black dot. At
apex, within the rust-colored tip, is a broad band of tawny color running from
costa across apical area towards hind margin, a quarter inch wide. This is the
prominent feature of the wing. The rest of the wing to the base is dark grayish
brown, marked with irregular transverse black lines. Three of these lines,
equidistant, cross the discoidal space extending downwards to submedian nervure.
Another borders the outer edge of discoidal space. Another starts at subcostal
nervure, bordering the tawny space and then extends downwards to submedian
nervure and at right angles to it. Outside of this, in the two lower interspaces
midway to hind margin, are two black dashes.
The hind margin of lower wing is rust colored, but suffused by ground color,
rendering it almost imperceptible. The intersj)acial black dots are present, each
surrounded on basal side by a semicircle of black. Tlie black lines of forewing
are duplicated, but broken, having more the appearance of a series of spots.
The general coloring of under surface is much brighter, generally tawny.
The hind margin of forewing is dark tawny or rust colored. The iuterspacial
black dots are quite prominent. The tawny baud of upper side is repeated,
but suffuses downwards towards inner margin. The discoidal space-is rust color,
suffusing into adjoining interspaces. The space from lowest median nervule to
inner margin is yellowish gray, except for a small portion bordering lower angle.
The black lines of upper surface are duplicated but broken into spots.
The hind margin of lower wing has a prominent border of rust color one-eighth
inch wide. The iuterspacial black dots are present, bordered on basal side by a
bit of light tawny, the black semi-circles of upper side scarcely showing. Eest
of wing is yellowish gray, the black lines or spots appearing as on upper side.
Hab. — Colorabia, Bogota District.
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This closely resembles 31. luciiis Fabr., and sevej-al examples are
in European collections mixed in with it.
Faiiiphila ciiadrada sp. nov
Expanse 1.00 incl). — Head and thorax above, dark brown ; beneath, light brown-
ish gray. Abdomen above, dark brown ; beneath, dark brown tending to dark
rust color. Legs the same. Abdomen above, nearly black with slight white
annulations at base of eacli joint ; below, the same with a dash of whitish at club.
Upper side of forewing dark bi-onzy brown with slight lustre. Costa near base
is dusted with light golden brown scales. Above the end of discoidal space are
two indistinct tawny dots. Within the discoidal space near its end and resting
on median nervure is a tawny spot, and below it in next interspace, is another
somewhat larger. In interspace above this, at its junction with di.scoidal space,
is another similar spot adjoining the first mentioned one. The fringe of hind
margin is of the ground color.
Upper side of hind wing rich dark brown, dai'ker than forewing and without
lustre. Across the end of discoidal space is bright tawny dash extending base-
wards along subcostal and median nervures to centre of discoidal space and then
suffusing across the space foi'ming a square. The hind niai'ginal fringe is light
brown.
Underside of forewing is nearly black. The costal space is dark brick red,
the red covering also the apical area and extendiug down hind margin and
diminishing to a point at its centre. The two subcostal white dots of upperside
are repeated. The three tawny spots of upperside are repeated, but are nearly
white and suffuse into one another, the sufi'usion extending downwards into
inner marginal area. The marginal fringe is of ground color.
Underside of hindwing is dark brick red, without markings, except indistin(;t
interspacial blotches of a darker shade, giving it a mottled appearance on very
close inspection. The inner marginal area tends to blackish. The hind margi-
nal fringe is dark brown.
Hab. — Bolivia, near Coroico.
Described from three specimens taken in the Coroico district in
May, 1899.
Phyciodes nortbrundii sp. nov.
Expanse 1.45 inches. — Head and palpi black. Collar black, with a dark fulvous
spot at each shoulder. Antennae dark brownish black, with a slightly darker
annulation at base of each joint. Thorax black above and below, with a dark
fulvous spot at joint of forewing below. Abdomen above, black ; below, grayish.
Ground color of wings black or dark brownish black, with dark fulvous mark-
ings.
Costa of forewing black, with a dash of dark fulvous extending from joint.
One-third distance from apex to base is a series of dark fulvous interspacial
dashes, five in number, extending at right angles to costa down through the next
lower interspaces, forming a fulvous band across apical portion of wing. Dis-
coidal space dark fulvous, with a black dash crossing the centre transversely.
The dark fulvous extends into the three lower interspaces one-half distance to
hind margin. Hind margin black.
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360 A. G. WEEKS, JR.
Hind wing black, witli dark fulvous centre; the fulvous centre beinj; interspa-
cial, most extensive in discoidal space and encroached upon in each interspace
by a black pointed dash extending inwards from the black back -ground of outer
third of wing.
Underside of forewing the same as upperside, except that the dark fulvous band
across apical area is somewhat broadened and extends down on hind margin to
inner margin, and the apical area is fulvous, with a black thread along centre of
each interspace. Nervules black.
Underside of hindwing has a border of dark brownish fulvous covering one-
third of wing. Within this and shading into it is a narrow portion of light ful-
vous. Basal portion dark fulvous, the discoidal space being crossed by a black
line. In each interspace, extending from hind margin to centre of wing, is a
black line. Nervules and nervures black. Inner margin light fulvous.
Hah. — Bolivia, Cochabamba district.
Described from four specimens taken north of Cochabamba,
August 25, 1899.
MEXICAN NEUROPTERA. 361
A LIST OF NEIIROPTEROID IIKSECTS FROM 9IEXI€0.
BY NATHAN BANKS.
In the following pages are included a list of the Neuropteroid
insects (except Odonata) collected in Mexico during the past few
years by Mr. O. F. Barrett. Some of the new species have been
previously described and descriptions of several are included here.
There are altogether fifty species, distributed among the three orders
as follows :
Pseudoneuroptera . . . . . . . . 11
Neuroptera ......... 20
Trichoptera . . . . . . . . . 19
Total 50
In the Neuroptera and Trichoptera there are but few other spe-
cies known from Mexico, but in the Pseudoneuroptera there are a
considerable number of described species, particularly Perlida and
Epheiueridce, that do not figure in this list. About seventeen spe-
cies are described as new.
In the Neuroptera especially noticeable is the absence of the
Heraerobiidse, a family so well represented in temperate regions.
Two species, lK)wever, af tWs family have been described from
Mexico by Hagen. On the other hand, the Chrysopidje seem to
be as numerous in species as in the more northern regions. Of
particular interest is the tiny ant-lion fly, Microleon apicaiis, one
of the smallest and most handsome of the family. Although no
Panorpidae are in this list, two Panorpas and a Bittacus have been
described from Mexico.
In the Trichoptera the majority of the species belong to the Lep-
toceridse and Hydropsychidse ; a fact true of all tropical regions. It
is here where we find most of the new species.
Of the localities mentioned in the list, the following are in the
State of Vera Cruz : Jalapa, Chavarillo, Teocelo, Xico and Presidio.
In Morelos is Cuernavaca. In the Federal District (D. F.) are
Thalpan, Tacubaya and Esclave. Tomellin is in Oaxaca ; Santa
Maria in Pueblo ; Durango in Durango State ; Amecameca in
State of Mexico ; and Iguala in Guerrero.
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362 NATHAN BANKS,
PSEUDONEUROPTERA.
TERMITIDiE.
<'alolerineN inHrgiiiipeiiiiis Latr.
Winged specimens from Tacubaya, D, F., September.
PERLID^.
l*seu(loperla dilaticollis Burm.
Specimens from Cuernavaca, Morelos, June ; and Jalapa, Vera
Cruz, August. The one from Cuernavaca is much smaller than the
others.
Fseiidoperla uigrocincta Pictet.
Many specimens from Jalapa, August, and Orizaba and Cuerna-
vaca in June. Varying much in size and distinctness of markings.
PSOCIDiE.
Pterodela pedicularis Linn.
One from Tacubaya, D. F.
Fsuciis barrctti Banks.
Several from the Federal District.
EPHEMERID^.
Calliba^tis inoiitaniis Eaton.
Several specimens from near Tacubaya.
C^allibseti^i undatiis Pict.
A few examples from Tacubaya.
B^ti!« sp.
A small and pretty species from Cuernavaca, April. Related
apparently to B. salvinii.
Ba;ti!!« sp.
One of a rather large species from Xico.
Bietis sp.
A small species from Xico.
Ti'icorythiiM e.YplicatuN Eaton.
Several specimens from Jalapa. It has the general appearance of
our species of Ccenis.
MEXICAN NEUROPTERA. 363
NEUROPTERA.
MEGALiOPTERA.
SIALID^.
Corydalis liitea Hagen.
Many specimens of various sizes from Jalapa and Cuernavaca iu
June. The mandibles of the male vary in development as in our
common C. cornuta.
Corydalis soror Hagen.
One example of this handsome species from Cuernavaca, June.
It is very easily recognized by the inflated sides of the head.
^feiironiiis taieroglyphiciis Earabr.
Several specimens of this striking species from Cuernavaca, June.
I have seen another specimen of this species from Mexico under a
manuscript name. The dried specimens are yellowish or whitish,
but Mr. Barrett says they are bright green when alive.
Sialiw inexieaiia n. sp.— Head reddish yellow, black each side behind the
eyes, basal joints of antennae yellow, rest dark brown. Pronotum reddish,
thorax dark brown ; legs rather paler brown ; abdomen black ; wings nearly
black, veins jet black, some pale spaces in some of the larger cells. Antennae
very hairy, rather larger in the middle than at base, tip fine. Wings plainly
narrower than in .9. infumata, venation similar to that species, but with fewer
costal cross-veinlets. Length 16 mm.
One specimen from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Augast. Distinct by the
bright color of the head and prothorax.
STEGOPTERA.
HEIVIEROBOIDEA.
CONIOPTERYGID^.
Coniopteryx barretti Banks.
Several specimens from Amecameca, June. Larger than our
species.
MANTISPID^.
Iflantispa varia Erich.
One example from Cuernavaca. It is very close to our common
M. hrunnea.
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364 NATHAN BANKS.
CHRYSOPI.DJE.
Chrysopa inexican» n. sp. — Face pale yellow, sometimes with reddish
below, a black jjoint each side by clypeiis, a black streak on each cheek from eye,
a broad undulate black band under antennse, continued above between them in
the shape of a Y, vertex with two black points, a larger spot each side behind
the eye; palpi marked with black; first joint of antenuju with a red band above,
second joint black, rest pale yellowish, darker on tips: thorax green, a few indis-
tinct dark spots each side on pronotum ; legs greenish, tarsi yellowish; wings
green, venation green, ends of costal cross-veins and bases of radial cross-veins
black; in hindwings the costal cross-veins wholly black. Wings rather broad,
rounded at tips. Length 19 mm.
Six specimens from Thalpan, D. F., July. Closely related to C
ehlorophana.
Clirysopa lateral !$« Guerin.
One example from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, August. The gradate
veinlets and the radial and costal cross-veins are mostly black.
Chryxopa folteca n. sp. — P"'ace pale yellowish, vertex green, two indis-
tinct reddish spots above ; antennae pale yellowish (not black), basal joint with a
red Hue above; pronotum green, with a red stripe each side; thorax and abdo-
men green ; legs pale greenish ; wings green, cross-veins mostly black. Antennae
scarcely longer than the wings; wings rather narrow, acute at tips. Length
14 mm.
One specimen from Tomellin, Oaxaca, June.
Clirysopa rufilabriw Burm.
One specimen, apparently not different from our forms, from
Cuernavaca, Morelos, May.
C'hrysopa externa Hagen.
One example from Tehachapi. Probal)ly the same as Hagen had
from Mexico, but Hagen's specimen from D. C. was probably C.
harrini Fitch. The species of this group are extremely close, and
the character given for C externa is sometimes present in various
species.
l.eiicocliry$«a iiiexicaiia Banks.
One example from Charvarillo, Vera Cruz.
9leleoiiia innovata Hagen.
M. mexicana Banks.
One male from Amecameca, June. Described by Hagen as a
Chrysopa, and I had overlooked the fact that in the description are
the characters tliat place it in Meleoma.
AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 365
IVIYR.^IELEONOIDEA.
MYRMELEONID^E.
Acaiithaclisis fallax Eambur.
A male from Cuernavaca, June. Widely distributed throughout
the tropical regions of America.
Iflyruieleon iininaculatus De Geer.
Specimens from Cuernavaca, June, and Teocelo, Vera Cruz,
August, do not differ much from our forms.
Bracliyiieniiiriis Tersutus Walker.
B. mexicana Bauks.
I think my species must be the same as Walker's, but several of
his statements are considerably at variance with all my specimens.
Several specimens from Cuernavaca, Durango and Esclava in Sep-
tember and October.
WlC'KOLiEON gen. uov.
No spurs; legs short; first tarsal joint of leg'l as long as next
three. Three cross-veins before the origin of radial sector; anal
vein ends near middle of hind margin, about over the origin of the
first fork of the radial sector ; radial sector with but three or four
branches; between anal and cubital veins but one series of cells (in
this respect resembling Crypfoleon and its allies) ; sometimes a few
of the costal veinlets forked ; in hind wings the cubitus does not
fork till end of the anal. Antennae short, capitate.
Type 31. apicalis.
Readily separated from all other genera on account of the sim-
plicity of its venation. From Maraccmda it is distinguished by the
fact that the cubital fork of hindwings does not run parallel to the
anal. It is probably closely related to Hagen's Myrmeleon pygnueus.
Mi<^roIeoii apicalii^ n. sp. — Face browu ; two median pale spots and one
each side from the lower part of eye ; vertex black ; a white mark each side above
the eye, and sometimes four pale dots near the middle; antennae annulate, club
yellowish ; pronotum brown, a median pale stripe on anterior part, and some-
times a pale spot on each side ; thorax .brown, a few pale spots, mostly on the
lateral lobes; abdomen brown, the basal segment rather reddish ; legs and palpi
pale yellow, with many black bands. Wings hyaline, the apical third brown ;
the pterostigma large, snow-white; venation dark brown and margined with
brown, some of the longitudinal veins interrupted with white; around the tip,
between each pair of veinlets, is a minute white dot. Hind wings marked like
the front pair. Length 15 mm., expanse 29 mm.
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366 NATHAN BANKS,
Three specimens from Durango, Mexico [Barrett]. This is un-
doubtedly the most handsome Myrmeleonid yet known from North
America; the snow-white pterostign^a shows too much advantage on
the rich brown of the apical part of wings. It shares with Myrvie-
leon pygmxmis the honors of being the smallest Myrmeleonid.
ERE;VI0L,E0]V gen. nov.
Eight cross-veins before origin of radial sector, first branch of
radial sector arising considerably beyond end of anal vein, radial
sector with eight branches, between cubitus and anal but one series
of cells, wing broad before the pterostigma, several of the costal
cross-veins forked before pterostigma, in hindwings but one cross-
vein before origin of the radial sector. Pronotum narrow ; antennse
slender; legs long and slender, not lineate with black; spurs slen-
der, as long as first two or three ba.sal joints, the first basal joint
very long.
Type Myrmeleon macer Hagen.
By position of radial sector in fore and hindwings, this genus is
allied to Psammoleon, but readily separated by broad wings, slender
legs and narrow pronotum, as well as by minor characters. From
Glenurus it is readily separated by narrower hindwings, fewer
branches of radial sector and by unhooked spurs.
Eremoleoii ina<'er Hagen.
Two females from Cuernavaca, July.
ASCALAPHID^.
Uliila tiiberciilata n. sp. — Face black below antennse, labrum pale yel-
low, both clothed with white hair; above antennse dark gray or black hair; an-
tennse annulate at tips of joints, club brown; thorax light brown, clothed with
white hair below, and above with gray and black hair; legs pale, tips of femora
blackish, basal tarsal joints annulated with black ; abdomen black, mottled with
brown and some yellowish. Wings hyaline, pterostigma black, in hind wings a
brown cloud just below the pterostigma, venation mostly black, subcosta yellow,
interrupted with black. Antennse about equal to length of wings; mesothorax
with the anterior lobes plainly elevated in form of large rounded tubercles;
wings longer than in U. hyaliiia, less acute at tip, sixteen radial cross-veins.
Length 22 mm., wing 29 mm.
One specimen from Iguala, in September. None of the other
species known to me ( U. hyal'ma, ^^-pimctata, mexicana, bicolor and
albifrons) have elevations on the mesothorax.
AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. 367
Haplo$;leniiis flavicornis McLachlau.
One specimen from Cuernavaca, September ; the type locality.
It is a very handsome species.
TRICHOPTERA.
LIMNOPHILID^.
Platypliylax diMVoloi* u. sp.— Head black, with black bristles, antennae
dull yellowish brown, thorax dark brown, a black stripe each side; abdomen yel-
lowish beneath, brown above; legs dull yellow, bind pairs densely spined on
tibise and tarsi, front pair with very few spines, a black stripe under anterior
femora; spurs 0-2-2. Wings hyaline, densely and evenly clothed with short
black hair, giving them a grayish appearance; veins pale, with black bristles;
hind wings gray-hyaline. Forewings rather narrow, rounded at tip, discal cell
longer than pedicel, first apical but a short distance on discal cell, second, third
and fourth subeqnal at base, fifth acute at base and not on tbyridial; cubitals
broken at posterior anastomosis. In hind wings the third apical indents the
anastomosis considerably, and contains a dark dot near base, fourth apical wide
at base, fifth short-petiolate. Length 16 mm.
One from Tacubaya, D. F,, September. Hardly a true Platyphy-
lax, but placed temporarily in this genus until it is divided as it
should be.
SERICOSTOMATID^.
EltEMOPSYCHE gen. nov.
Spurs 2-4-4 ; basal joint of antennae long, densely hairy ; maxil-
lary palpi of male long, recurved, densely hairy, labial palpi slen-
der, pendulous ; no groove in hindwings ; costal margin of forewings
thickly hairy, with the appearance of being recurved, discal cell
closed in both wings, in forewings rather long, in hindwings short.
Type E. frontalis.
Probably closely related to Lasloc&phala, but no cilia on antennae,
and the basal'joint simple.
EreiiiO|>!$yclie frontalis n. sp.— Maxillary palpi and basal joint of an-
tennae densely clothed with long, shining black hair, rest of antennae pale yel-
low; thorax brown above, with black hair; legs and spurs pale yellow, the ante-
rior and middle tibiae and tarsi bla(;kish outside. Wings thickly clothed with
short, partly scale-like hairs, very dense along costal margin, fringe black, hind
wings with fewer black hairs, fringe black. Length 9 mm.
One specimen from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, September.
Olemira mexicaiia n. sp. — Head blackish, basal joint of antennae long,
sparsely clothed with long erect hair, rest of antennae pale yellowish, with some
brown hair, thorax and abdomen brown, legs and spurs pale yellow, spurs 2-4-4.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. DEC, 1901.
368 NATHAN BANKS.
Wings gray, with black and some golden liairs, fringe dark gray, with a patch of
white on liind margin before the arculus ; Iiindwings gray especially toward tips,
fringe dark gray. Wings qnite broad, discal cells closed in both pairs, discal cell
of forewings quite long, the first apical cell but a short distance upon it; from
lower branch of cubitus back to anal vein is a short cross-veiu parallel to and
near hind margin of wings; discal cell of hindwing rather short, the cubitus is
forked considerably before the margin. Length 12 mm.
One specimen from Tacubaya, November.
ilolicopsyelie inexieaiia n. sp.— Head black, with some black bristles
above and on the face; maxillary palpi black, clothed with long black hair;
laliial i)alpi paler; basal joint of antennse grayish, with long black hair, beyond
yellowish to middle, after which they are blackish; thorax and abdomen black,
with black liair, the latter yellowish at tip ; wings clothed with black hair and a
sparse sprinkling of yellow dots; fringe long, black, with some yellow patches, a
prominent one at the arculus; hind wings with black hair and long black fringe;
legs with black coxae, femora pale, tibiae and basal article of tarsi black, rest of
tarsi yellow, the joints tipped with black. Of the general structure of the
genus ; no prominent warts on head, maxillary palpi of male long, upcurved ; the
labial palpi dependent; antennse shorter than wings, curved, their basal joint
longer than head ; no ocelli ; spurs 0-2-4, at least there are no distinct spurs on
the anterior tibiae in this specimen, subapical pair on hind tibiae close to apical
pair; seventh ventral segment with a long spatulate appendage. Length 6.8 mm.
One male from Cuernavaea in May. Larger than the other spe-
cies of the genus known to me.
LEPTOCERID^.
LieptoceruM iiiexicaiiiis n. sp. — Head brown, sparsely clothed with
short white hair; antennae yellowish, basal part annulate with brown, first joint
clothed with white hair; thorax brown, with scattered white hair, longest on the
prothorax ; abdomen brown, legs yellowish brown, first pair quite dark, except
on base, fine black spines on tarsi ; wings gray, clothed with brown and black
hair, some yellow hair intermixed, near the middle a darker oblong patch ; much
white hair on the basal part; veins brown, fringe gray; hind wings gray, with
gray fringe and brown veins. Length 14 mm.
One male from Cuernavaea, Morelos, June.
lieptocella <l4»rKalis n. sp.— Head yellow, clothed above with white
hair; antenna; yellowish, annulate with brown on basal part, dark beyond, less
than twice as long as body; thorax yellowish, clothed above with white hair;
abdomen brown, greenish on base; legs yellowish, with mostly yellow hair;
wings hyaline, veins yellowish, membrane clothed with yellowish brown hair,
qnite dark brown on basal part before the cubital vein, tlie anal area snow-white,
quite broad at base and tapering to a point at arculus. When the wings are
closed these white stripes with the white of head and thorax form a broad dorsal
stripe. The apical fringe is golden brown, but just beyond the arculus is a patch
of white; hind wings rather dusky near tips, fringe gray. Length 10 mm.
Three specimens from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, August.
Tians. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XXVI I.
PI. XII.
MEXICAN NEUROPTERA, 871
June ; and from Teocelo in August. Some specimens are faintly
brownish and have an indistinct dark cloud obliquely below the
pterostigma of the forewings.
Macronema ciipreiim Walker.
One example from Tacubaya, October ; a very pretty in.sect.
RHYACOPHILID^.
Rhyacophila mexicana Banks.
Two specimens from Xico and Jalapa, September.
Fi
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIL
1. Hydropsi/che mexicana, genitalia, below.
2. ■' " '' above.
3. Heteroplectron nigripennis, genitalia, above.
4. " mexicanum, " ''
5. Leptonema pallida, genitalia, side.
6. Leptoceni.s mexicanus, genitalia, above.
7 Helicopsyche mexicana, head, side.
8. '' " genitalia, side.
' 9. Platyphylax discolor, genitalia, side.
' 10. Leptocella gracilis, genitalia, side.
' 11. Diplectrona unicolor, palpus.
12. " " genitalia, side.
' 13. Eremopsyche frontalis, head, side.
14. " " genitalia, below.
15. Chrysopa mexicana, face, front.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. jjg^ jyQj
MEXICAN NEUROPTERA. 369
Lieptocella gracilis n. sji. — Head yellowish, clothed above with long
white hair; apical part of autennpe blackish, basal part yellowish, the joints
broadly annulate with brown ; thorax yellowish, with white hair, abdomen yel-
lowish on base, beyond greenish; legs yellowish, clothed with white scales;
wings hyaline, veins yellowish, membrane clothed with yellowish white hairs,
more brownish patches scattered along on the veins, the apical fringe yellowish
brown, on apical margin on anterior part are two black dots; hind wings hyaline,
veins white, fringe gray; structure similar to the other white species. Length
9.5 mm.
One male from Cuernavaca, Morelos, June.
Heteropiectroii niexicanuni Banks.
Two specimens from Cuernavaca, June. It has somewhat the
appearance of certain sawflies.
Heteropiectroii iiigripenniM Banks.
Several specimens from Santa Maria, Pueblo, May ; and Cuerna-
vaca, June. Smaller than the preceding, but closely related to it.
Heteropiectroii niaculatuni n. sp.— Head reddish yellow, vertex-
dark brown, antennte reddish yellowish, dorsum of rest of thorax dark brown ;
abdomen dull yellowish on base, brown beyond; legs yellowish, the tibiae and
tarsi, except the basal joint of anterior and middle pairs, thickly clothed with
black hair, spurs blackish; wings black, with black hair, some yellowish hair
near base, before the middle a narrow, curved transverse band of white hair, not
attaining the anterior margin ; at end of cell is another shorter, nearly straight
white band, not reaching either margin ; hind wings shining black. Structure
similar to H. mexicannm. Length 14 mm.
One specimen from Presidio, Vera Cruz, June.
The three species of Heteroplectron may be tabulated as follow.* :
1. Wings banded with pale, femora mostly yellow tnaculatiiiii.
Wings unmarked, femora mostly black 2.
2. Head mostly yellowish above iiigripenni!^.
Head black above iiiexicaiiuiii.
HYDROPSYCHID^.
Hydropsyclie niexicaiia n. sp.— Head clothed with black hair, some
golden hair at base of antennae; latter yellowish, with indistinct spiral lines;
thorax black, with short black hair; abdomen brown ; legs pale dull yellowish •
spurs same color; wings dark, irrorate with yellow, margins interruptedly yel-
low and black, on the costal margin black patches are quite long, much shorter
on apical margins, where the black is at the ends of veins and the yellow between
them ; fringe dark gray ; hind wings gray, fringe darker gray. Antennae about
equal to length of wings. Length 11.5 mm.
One specimen from Tacubaya, D. F., May.
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370 NATHAN BANKS.
Polyceiitropus sp.
One example of a small species from Cuernavaca, June.
Philopotainiis barrettse Bauks.
Many specimens from Jalapa in April, and Teocelo in Septem-
ber. There is but little variation in markings.
Pliilopotamns inexicaiius n. sp. — Head with black hair, not very
dense, ocelli distinct ; first joint of antennae brown, basal joints yellow, annulate
with brown, most of antennae from before the middle black ; thorax brown, with
black and few golden hairs; legs pale yellow, with yellow spurs. Wings dark,
veins black, clothed with golden and black hair, the golden most prominent near
tip ; several patches of erect black hair ; a long patch on anal region at base, one
at and one before the arculus, and one near fork of the cubitus, hairs on many
veins erect, fringe black; hindwings grayish, fringe dark gray. Length 10 mm.
One specimen from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, April.
Philopotamtis bicolor n. sp. — Head bright yellow, clothed with bright
yellow hair; ])alpi brown, basal joint yellow ; antennae black, except yellow first
joint; ocelli distinct; thorax and abdomen yellow, with yellow hair; legs yellow,
anterior tibite and tarsi black; middle and hind tarsi, except basal part of first
joint, black ; spurs 0-4-4 black. Wings jet black, with short black hair and
black fringe; bind pair dull blackish. Length 8 mm.
One specimen of this striking species from Cuernavaca, May.
These three species of Philopotamus may be easily separated as
below ; P. bieolor will probably form a new genus :
1. Head and thorax yellowish, wings uniform black ' bicolor.
Head and thorax brown, wings mottled with yellow 2.
2. Wings with patches of erect hair, not much yellow above- • • ■iiiexieaiiii»».
Wings without erect hair, much spotted with yellow barrettse.
Diplectrona iiiiicolor n. sp.— Black throughout, the wings of course
more clear, especially the hind pair. Head rather broad, no ocelli, two large pos-
terior warts, no curved transverse ones. Antennae scarcely as long as wings,
slightly serrulate beneath, the first four joints as long and simple, those beyond
apparentlj' much shorter; maxillary palpi with joints two and three subequal,
the fourth rather longer, the fifth nearly equal to the preceding, curved and
multiarticulate. The niesoscutellum of the thorax is elevated. Venation similar
to Tinodes. Spurs 2-4-4; hind tibiiu spar.sely clothed with erect hair above, yet
scarcely forming a fringe. No filiform appendage visible on sides of abdomen.
Wings densely clothed with rather long black hairs; there is a dark dot in the
base of third apical cell ; the fringes very long. Length to tip of wings 6.5 mm.
Several specimens from Cuernavaca in June.
Lieptoneina pallida Gueriu.
Many specimens from Jalapa, August; from Cuernavaca in IMay,
INDKX.
The names of uew genera and of new species are followed by the name of the
Author.
PAGE
Anthaclisis fallax 365
Acanthinomyia 129
Acanthocephala latipes 347
Acanthocera 138
Acanthomera 147
Acanthomeridae 147
Achrocffita 123
Acidaliinse 189, 253
Acraaeodera bowditchii Fall 307
lucia Fall 307
Acontia, Eevision of species 47
List of species 55, 84
abdominalis 55, 62
angustipennis 55, 59
aprica 56, 70
adoris 83
areli 56, 70
arida Smith 56, 73
behrii Smith 56, 76
binocula 57, 78
biplaga 56, 69
candefacta 57, 82 •
coquilletii Smith 56, 74
cretata 56, 75
delecta 55, 60
elegantula 56, 77
erastroides 56, 71
expolita 55, 64
flavicosta Smith 55, 58
flavipennis 55, 61
gonella 55, 66
lactipennis 55, 63
laiiceolata 55, 65
libedis.«fm«<ft 57, 80
lucasi Smith 56. 68
major Smith 55, 64
megocula Smith 55, 58
meskei Smith 57, 79
neocula Smith 56, 75
PAGE
Acontia neomexicana Smith 57, 81
nuicola Smith 56, 67
quadriplaga Smith 56, 72
sch warzii Smith 56, 73
sedata 56, 67
sutrix . . 55, 57
tenuicola 57, 80
terminimacula 55, 60
virginalis 56, 78
Acrididse 90. 226, 331
Acroceridse 150
Acrosemia molpiua Schaiis '■ . • .173
uaranja Schaus 173
tigrata Schaus 173
Actina 121
Acrotomia trilva Schaus 174
Acrotomodes borumata Schaus 175
chiriqnensis Schaus. ■ .244
hielaria Schaus 174
Adelpha deborah Weeks 353
helepecki Weeks 354
Aidemona azteca 228
Alyson flavoniaculatus Camerori- ■ ■ -314
Amauriiiia peruvieiisis Schaus 262
Aniaurosphodrus sp .352
Amphilecta 121
Anaxipha exigiia 337
Ancistrogaster luctnosus 219
toltecus 219
Anisodes castraria Schaus 191
excavaria Schaus 190
fantoniavia Schaus • . • • . 190
jonaria Schaus 190
nionera Schaus 190
obliqiiaria Schaus 191
stollaria Schaus 189
tolinta Schaus 190
Aochletus 128
Apicia calcaria Schaus 175
INDEX.
PAGE
Apicia maldama !<cha)ifi 175
Apiomerus <jeniculatus 350
lanipes 350
nitidicollis 351
Aptenopedes aptera 335
Apterygida taeiiiata 85, 219
Aradidfe 348
Argyrotome niexicaria f^chaus 166
Arocera apta 345
Arphia nietana 96, 227
Arrhynchus , • 152
Arvelius albopunctatiis 345
Asellodes vitraria t^chnvs 194
Aspilates alnnia Schaus 170
macaria Schaus 170
Aulacinffi 320
Aulacus 320. 327
minor • . • ■ 327
rufitarsis 327
Azelina coiata Sehans 181
ciiru ma i^chaus 182
jamaicensis Schaus 181
lessema Schaus 181
ligera Schaus 180
vecina Schaus 180
Bacteria tridens 87
Bactrodes femoratus 350
Bsetus sp. 362
Banasa alboapicata 345
Bapta fid rata Schaus 166
griseata Schaus 166
innonia Schaus 166
pomiDa Schaus 166
testacea Schaus 167
Bascntidema 124
Bembidium 156
senulum Ilayivard ■ ■ ■ 156
constricticolle 158
contractiim 158
dilatatum 157
oheithiiri Ilai/ward- • • 158
rufotinctum 157
timidum 158
viridicolle Hayward- ■ • ■ 157
Beris 121
Blastohasis ? an fu gel la 119
Blastocera 127
Blattidai 85, 219, 331
Boarmiinte 165, 241
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Boarmia amberia Schaus 183
autilla Schaus. . ■ - 183
caumata Schaus 183
giacria Schaus 248
gitanaria Schaus 247
grosica Schaus 184
sonicaria Schaus 248
synchroma Schaus 184
Bolivian Butterflies 353
Bombylimorpha 149
Brachycera 121
Brachynemnrus versutus 365
Brachyrhynchus sp 349
Brachystethus cribnim 345
Bryopteia colita Schaus 182
subpallida Schaus 183
Butterflies, New Bolivian 353
Byssodes bimacula Schaus 166
Cacosis 124
Caenacantlia 127
Callibgetus montanus 362
undatus 362
Calliclapius nigiipes 351
Callopsiodes cautama Schaus 178
Calotermes marginipennis 362
Camhogia amaryllaria Schaus 264
coloraria Schaus 262
costalaria .'^cfeai/s 262
denlerata Schaus 265
haltima Schaus 263
heiMiiosaria Schaus 263
isabella Schaus 264
nacara Schaus 263
? noctilaria Schaus 265
olivaria Schaus 264
plateaj'ia Schaus 263
reticulata Schaus 265
siguaria Schaus 265
singularia Schaus 263
toporata Schaus 264
Camirus conicus 344
Cannagaia bogada Schaus 179
sagiva Schaus 245
Cantliaris 293
seneipennis 299
agrestis Fall 298. 302
auriculata 299
biguttata 297
childii 297
INDEX.
PAGE
Cantharis chloris Fall 299, 303
compressicornis 300
con vexa 300
« cooperi 304
cribrata 298
crotchii 299
cyanipeunis 297
deserticola 296
dichroa 298
difficilis Fall 299, 303
eucera 296
fulvipennis 298
fimeria Fall 297, 301
gentilis 298
incommoda 298
infidelis Fall 300, 303
insperata 298
lugens 299
magister 296
margarita Fall 296, 300
melsena 297
nioeieus 298
molesta 298
morosa Fall 296, 301
mntilata 296
nigripilis Fall 299, 303
nitidicoUis 299
nuttalli 297
occipitalis 298
peninsularis Fall ■ ■ -296, 300
puberula 297
purpurasceus Fall . .299, 302
quadriruaculata 296
ratlivoni 299
refulgeus 299
reticulata 298
sphsericollis 299
stolida Fall 299, 302
stygica 299
tenebrosa 297
ulkei 297
viridana 297
vuliierata 296
Capnobotes imperfectiis Sehn 89
Cargolia Schaus 249
albipuncta Schaus 250
Carpella iuterrupta Schaiis 188
Cataspalates qnadrilinea Schaus. • • -170
Ceratima ebiqiia Schaus 177
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Ceriomydas 153
Charommatiea margarita Schaus ■ ■ ■ 191
Chirorayza 132
Chovdouota 130
Chorisops 121
Chrysocblora 124
Chrysouotomyia 124
Chrysopidse 364
Cbrysopa externa 364
lateralis 364
mexicana Banks 364
rufilabris 364
tolteca Banks 364
Chrysopila 148
Chrysops 135
Cidaria adexitata Hchaus 270
yerba Schaus 270
Cidariopbanes ? duarina f^chaus • ■ ■ -187
guaparia i^chaus- . ■ -186
incaria Sehaus 187
psittacaria Schaus. . 187
Ciniopteryx barretti 363
Circotettix verruculatus 334
Cleora bianquita Schaus 182
Cleta albipunctaria Schaus 241
faragita Schaus ■ 242
sericearia Schaus 241
Clitellaria 130
Cnemodes cantoraa Schnus 192
dudisca Schaus 192
mizteca Schnus 192
pertnmna Schaus 191
plerta Schaus 192
sabuloides Schaus 192
Ccenomyia 132
Coenonycha parvula Fall 293
Ccenura 133
Comibsena magnifica Schaus 252
Couacontia 55, 83
an^ustipennis 59
flavicosta Smith 55, 58
Coniopterygidse 363
Conocepbalus hebes 88, 226
macropterus 216
Couops auratus Townsend 161
Corcia spinosa 352
Coreidge 346
Corimelsena Daldorfi 343
rastrata 343
INDEX.
PAGE
Corimelsena Schmidti 343
tibialis 343
Coriplatus depiessus 344
Cortixa Schaus 276
aurudaria Schims 276
Corydalis lutea 363
soror 363
Corymbites mirabilis Fall 306
tigrinis i?'«« 306
Cosmonythus ichneumoueus 352
Cosymbia jarata Schau-i 193
Craspedia arthura Schau.i 254
anaisaria Schaus 255
biliuearia Schaus 254
conotaria Schaus 254
cugia Schaus 253
donaria Schaus 255
enucloides Schaus 255
gosina Schaus 254
inicara Schaus 255
vittora Schaus 254
Cyanauges • • • 127
Cyclomia ocana Schaus 241
Cydamus adspersipes 347
trispinosus 348
Cyphomyia 128
Daedalma broiiza Weeks 355
Dasyomiiia 149
Dielinea dubitaria Schaus 167
Deptalia atomaria Schaus 193
mimita Schaus 193
obscurior Schaus 193
Deraiodontus Bradley 320, 321
flavicrnrus Brad..321, 322
fuscalatus Brad...32l, 322
niontanus 321
niger 321
Diachlorus 138
Diahinia brevipes . . • 337
Diapheroiiiera denticrus 331
Diastictis paulensis Schaus. . • - 167
Dichelacera 137
Dicbelonycba 277
albicollis 281. 292
backii 281,284
canadensis 281,282
clypeata 280,288
crotchif 281.285
decolorata Fall...281, 290
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Dichelonycha diluta Fall 280. 283
elongata 281, 282
fulgida 281,285
fiiscula '.281, 283
lateralis Fall 281, 292
longidava FaU...280, 287
m uscul a i^a^; 281, 286
na,nA Fall 281, 286
pallens 281.287
.picea 280, 289
pusilla 281, 290
robusta Fall 280, 288
subvittata 280, 282
sulcata 282, 292
testacea 281, 284
truncata .-280,289
vaga Fall 281,285
valida. 282,291
vicinaFa^Z 282, 291
Dichopetala emarginata 335
mexicana 88
Diclironiatopoda naltona Schaus- . . -189
oaxacana Schaus . . 189
paulena Schaus . . .189
zova Schaus 189
Diclisa 135
Dicranomyia 135
Dicranophora 125
Digonodes matama Schaus 176
ragona Schaus 176
Diplecbona unicolor Banks 370
Diplodus dis))ar 351
erytbrocepbalus .351
Diptera. Calalogne of S. Am 121
from New Mexico 159
Discocephala terminalis 344
iinibraculiita 344
Discocera ochrocyaiiea 346
Dolichogaster 155
Dryope 102. 114. 120
canariella Dietz 115, 118
discopiinctella Dielz- ■ - 11.5, 118
Fenyesella Diefz . . .115, 119
fuscosuffusella Dietz ■ . -115, 117
grisella Dietz 11.5, 116
minnicella Dietz 115, 116
occidentella Dietz 115
ochreella 115, 118
ochroconiella 115, 117
INDEX.
PAGE
Dryope tenebrella Diets 115, 116
Dryptocephala livida 344
Dysodius lunatus 348
Dyspteris mexiearia Sehaus 253
veciuaria Sehaus 253
Ectrichodia immargiiiata 350
Edessa coral lipes 346
discors 345
metatibuuda 346
moschns 345
qiiadridens 345
Emiuelesia trappa Schans 271
Endropia guatama Schans 179
mattearia Schans 180
Eois basinta Sehaus 258
borunta Sehaus 258
cocaria Sehaus 258
complexaria ScJiaus 257
cosymbiata Sehaus 257
cumana Sehaus 258
ellima Sehaus 259
incanata Sehaus 257
macouma Sehaus 258
malvina Schans 257
ochraria Schans 257
penesta Sehaus 258
Ephemeridfe 362
Ephyra alicia Schans 191
Epigritia Dietz 102, 110, 120
Heidemannella Diets ■ . ■ .111
pallidotinctella Diets Ill
Epiplatymetra allidaria Sehatis ■ . • .176
Epirrhce albidaria Sehaus 272
calentaria Sehaus 272
niveigutta Schans 271
Erateina cachara Sehaus 262
Erebochlora chamseleonis Sehaus- ■ .271
Eremoleou Banks 366
macer 366
Eremopsyche BanTcs 367
frontalis Banks 367
Ergavia drucei Schans 275
obliterata Schans 275
Eritettix carinatus 332
simplex 332
Esenbeckia 136
Euphychia luttela Weeks 356
Euryueura 130
Eusarca guadaria Schans 243
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PAGE
Enscbistus acutiis 344
beros 344
Euseuca parva 244
Eutomopepla grisea Schans 171.
vorda Sehaus 171-
E vaniidffi 319
Evaniinse 320
Exaireta 122
Forficulidae 85, 218
Galedanta myops 344
Gelasma nordicaria Sehaus 253
Geometridie from Trop. Araer..l65, 241
Geometrinie 250
Gnathobleda letigiosa 349
Gnophus crcesaria Schans 185
Gomphus amnicola 207
elongatus 213
fluvialis 212
notatus 207, 210
olivaceous 213
plagiatus. 207, 211, 213
sendderi 207, 208
spiniceps 207, 209
Gongrcenemis incerta 226
Gryllidffi 88, 221, 337
Gryllus assimilis 221
barretti Eehn 221
Hadenoecus caveruarum 337
Had restia 122
Hadrus 136
Hseraalea astota Sehaus 256
caparia Sehaus 256
damaria Sehaus 193
narogena Schans 256
rodundata Schans 2'56
virgota Sehaus 256
vizaria Sehaus ■ ■ ■ ]94
Hsematopota 137
Hammaptera cocama Schans 269
crocaria Sehaus 269
genurma Schans 270
halisma Sehaus 269
subrosea .'^'c/irtMs 268
trinitaria Schans 268
trujillaria Schans 268
Haplogenius flavicoriiis 367
Heliastus californicus 334
sumiebrasti 227
Helicopsyche mexicana Banks 368
DEC, 1901.
INDEX.
PAGE
Hemeroboidea 363
Hemiptera from Brit. Guiana 343
Heniartes flavican.s 351
Hermetia • 125
Herns Behn 91
valida Rehn 91
Hermoiieura 149
Hesperoniiza dusa Schaus 175
Hesus cordatus 348
Heteracantlia 121
Heterodacty la 153
Heterolocba apricoides Schaus 177
toniisa Schaus 177
Heteroplectroii uiaculatum Banks. ...369
niexicanum 369
iiijrripennis 369
Heterostomus 132
Heterusia acotbysta Schaus 261
brumal is Schaus 261
jamaicensis Schaus 262
Hippicus griseus 332
Histriodroma 124
Holops 151
Holymenia iutermedia 347
Honiocblodes orina Schaus 169
parita Schaus 169
sartina Schaus 170
Homodactyla 121
Homceogamia bolliana 331
mexicana 85, 220
Hoplistes 123
Hyalymeuus tarsatus 348
vespiformis 348
Hydata felderi Schaus 250
povera Schaus 250
sordida Schaus 250
Hydriomene caralpa Schaus 271
muoga Schaus 271
Hydropsyche mexicana Banks 369
Hydropsychidte 369
Hymenoptera, New Aculeate. ...195, 311
Hypbedyle albida Schaus 275
cascaria Schaus 275
paularia Schaus 275
Hypselonotus fnlvus 347
Hyria afroda Schaus 261
dividaria Schaus 260
ellisea Schaus 261
gemma Schaus 260
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Hyria lilliana Schaus 260
maudina Schaus 260
radaria Scharis 261
violesceus Schaus 261
Isclinopteryx aurudaria Schaus. ■ ■ .249
Itbotnia garden! Weeks 357
Jadera sanguiuolenta 348
liactista inermus Rehn 96
puiictatus 227
Lagarus 132
LareutiintB 261
Lasia 152
Lasiopa 127
Leogorrus litura 350
Leptiid* 148
Leptis 149
Leptocella dorsal is Banks 368
gracilis Banks 369
LeptoceridiE .368
Leptocerus mexicana Banks 368
Leptocorisa filiformis 348
Leptogenius virginicus Fall 304
Leptonema pallida 371
Leptoscelis bipustulatus 347
Leucoclirysa mexicana 364
Leucomicra fuscaria Schaus 178
Leucula petroona Schaus 178
Liiiinopbilidse 367
Lipomelia nubilata Schaus 194
Lobopola transoma Schaus 246
Locustidfe 88
Loxa deducta 344
flavicoUis 344
Lycsena babhru Weeks 357
Lygseidae 348
Lygjeus dispar 348
modestus 348
variegatus ... 348
Lythria ? sarruncaria Schaus 241
Macha^rocera mexicana 96
sumichrasta 96, 226
Macronema cupreum 371
Macroplithalmus pallens 350
Macrosargus 123
Mamestra altua Smith 236, 239
comis 240
davena Smith 237, 240
lucina Smith 236, 239
megarena Smith ■ • • .236, 240
INDEX
PAGE
Mamestra obnigra Smith 238, 240
obscnrior 239
olivacea 230, 239
petita Smith 239, 240
Mantidse 85, 220. 331
Mantispa varia 3G3
Mantispidffi 363
Megaloptera 363
Megascelus 155
Melanochroa 130
Melanoplus affinis 335
arizoiije 228
corpulentus 98, 228
fasciatus 335
punctulatus 335
spretis 98
Meleoma innovata 364
Melinodes conspicua Schaus 178
Melucha liueatella 347
Mesosargus 125
Metacharis indissimilis Weeks 358
Metanema excavaria Schaus 245
margica Schaus 176 !
santella Schaus 176
Meticulodes algerna Schaus 182
Mieranchemus lineola 351
Microchrysa 127
Microgonia bertha Schaus 172
castaria Schaus 172
incata Schaus 172
rotara Schaus 172
umbrosa Schaus 172
Microleon Banks 365
apicalis Ba7iks 365
Microxydia pulveraria Schaus 243
Mimesa 338
cressonii 342
ferruginea Viereck 341
jobusoni Viereck 340
lougicornis 340
maculipes • • • 342
niger 340
regularis 339
striatus Viereck 339
Mitrodetus 153
Molchina compressicornis 346
Mononyx uepiEformis 352
Mormidea ypsilon 344
Myceteromyia 138
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PAGE
Mycetina endoniychoides Fall 304
Mydaidse 153
Mydas 153
Myrmeleon immaculatus 365
Myrmeleonidae 365
Myrtela coanaria Schaus 167
Myxosargiis 130
Marvesus sp 350
Neagathia semilucida Schaus 250
Nematocampa evauidaria Schaus. . .178
Nematopus fasciatus 347
iudus 347
Nemestiina 149
Nemestrinidse 149
Nemoria sileDa Schaus 252
Nemotetus 130
Neobarrettia 229
Neofoxia Viereck 338, 342
Neuromus hieroglypbus 363
Neu roptera 363
Neuropteroid Insects, Mexican 361
Nipteria claudaria Schaus 188
virgiuata Schaus 188
Noctuidse, North American 1, 47
Nolocyrtus gibbus 351
Notoglossa americana Robertson- ■ ■ -204
emargiuata 204
inornata Robt 203
Nuniia axanaria Schaus 242
lermia Schaus 242
Nysson aureobalteatus Cameron- - - .313
Ochsea . . 151
Odontomyia 126
Odontophila siculodaria Schaus • - - -189
Odynerus acolhuus 197
anormis 197, 198
apopkensis Roht 196, 200
australis 197, 198, 200
bicornis Robt-- -196, 197, 198
hi fu reus Robt- . .196, 197, 198
clypeatus Robt. .196, 197, 199
floridanus Robt 197, 200
fulvipes 196, 197
fundatiformis Robt. .197, 200
fundatus 197,198
histrio 196. 197
histrionalis Robt 196, 197, 199
illinoensis Robt...W7, 198, 202
oculeus Robt 197, 198, 201
DEC, 1901.
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INDEX.
PAGE
Odynerus pedestris 197, 198
pereiinis 197
ssecularis 196, 197
vagus 197
zeudaloides RoM 197, 202
CEcauthus niveus 88, 222
pini 337
quadriiuaculatus 337
OEdancala riotata 348
Oleisoprister Bradley 320, 324
abbottii 325, 326
finnus 325
resutoi'ivonis • • -325, 326
stigniaterus 325, 326
snbfiruuis Viereck ■ ■ ■ -325
Oleinira mexicana Banks 367.
Ophrynopus 317
luexicanus 317
Ophthalniophora crcEsaria Schatis ■ ■ 165
dora Schans 165
farantes Schaus- ■ .165
Opisthoxia claudaria Schaus 165
Orphulella aculeata Rehn 92
neglecta Rehn , 94
viridescens 95
Orthoptera, Mexicana 85, 218
Random Notes 331
Oryssidse of N. America 317
Oryssus 317
occidentalis 318
sayi 318
termiualis 318
thoracicus 318
Osmia Foxi Cameron 310
Oxiea tachytiformis Cameron- ■ -315, 316
vagans 316
Oxybelus floridaniis Roht 203
l*achygaster 130
Pachylis nervosus 346
Pamera consata 348
globiceps 348
parvula 348
serripes 348
Pammegischia 321, 328
burqiiei 328,330
lovei 328, 329
ouclletii Brad- .328, 329
pallipes 328, 329
xipbydriffi 328
PAGE
Paujphila cuadiada Weeks 359
Panacris 127
Pangonia 133
Paiiojis 151
Panthera pumaria Schaus 188
Paramasaris Cameron 311
fuscipenuis Cameron- - .312
Pai-atettix schochii 229
Paroxya floridana 335
Parrhesia nebula Schaus 188
Paryphes laetus 347
regalis 347
Pelagomyia 124
Pentatomoidea 343
Periclina daldama Schans 178
Peripiaiiata americana colorata Reh.220
Perixerus Isevis Rehn 98
Peilidffi 362
Petalops thoracicus 347
Petaloptera filia 224
zendala 224
Petelia nigriplaga Schaus 246
Phaludia Schaus 242
janeira Schans 243
Phasmidse 87, 331
Pberotesia Schans 246
malinaria Schans 247
Phibalapteryx cincta Schaus 272
vittulata Schans 272
Philloscirtus pulchellus 337
Philopota 152
Philojiotarnus barretta^. 370
bicolor Banks 370
mexicaniis Banks- - . .370
Plirixa nasuta 88
Phrudoceutra olivia Schaus 253
Pliyciodes nortbrundii Weeks 359
Phyllodonta druciata Schans 173
indeteruiinata Schans. ..173
Phyllopteva annulata Rehn 223
Physocleora capruna Schaus 186
dardusa Schaus 186
martena Schaus 186
Pialea 151
Piezosternum subulatuni 346
Pigritia 100, 102, 104, 119
angustipennella Dietz..lOi, 108
arizouella Diets 104, 109
basilorella Diets 104, 105
INDEX.
PAGE
Pigritia con fusel la Diets 104
laticapitella 104, 106
mediofiisciella Dietz ■ -104, 107
obscurella Diets 104, 110
oruatella Diets 104, 107
purpurella Diets 104, 105
spoliotella Diets 104, 110
tristella Diets 104, 108
Pityocera 135
Plseogaster elevatiis 352
socius 332
Platyphylax discolor Banks 367
Plectrotettix viatorius 95, 227
Plemyria paranensis Schaiis 273
Ploiophora Diets 102, 119
anipla Diets 103
fidella Diets 103
Polla voraria Schaus 174
Polycentropus sp 370
Polysema brunnea Schaus 276
Pompilus illiooiensis Eobt 202
Porona Schaus 170
dissimilis Schaus 171
Pothe frontalis 350
Pristaulacus 320, 332
fasciatus 322,324
melleus 322,323
occidentalis 322
pacificus 322,324
Prodydata Seha2is 251
apicata Schaus 251
vitrearia Schaus 251
Proraeranisa 130
Psaliodes basiplaga Schaus 274
hieroglyphica Schaus ■ . ■ -273
multilinea Schaus 274
muscona Schaus 274
pallida Schaus 274
purpurea Schaus 274
variegata Schaus 273
Psen 338, 342
Pseiiinae, new species 338
Psenulus 338
Pseudapicia Schaus 243
basivirida Schaus 244
? pallidaria Schaus . . . .244
Pseudoueuroptera 362
Pseudoperla dilaticollis 362
nigrocincta 362
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII.
PAGE
Pseudopigritia Diets 102, 112, 120
argyreella Diets 112, 113
dorsomaculella D 112
equitella Diets 112
fraternella D 112, 113
Psocidse 362
Psocus barretti 362
Ptecticus 123
Pterocyplia chama Schaus 266
juanaria Schaus ..... .266
rufomarginata Schaus- .266
tabascana Schaus 266
Pterodela pedicularis 362
Pterodontia 150
Pteropexus 151
Ptychopoda cantbema Schaus 193
celt i ma Schaus 259
grasuta Schaus 192
iridaria Schaus 260
jalapata Schaus 259
? jugaria Schatis 259
lumaria Schaus 259
paranaria Schaus 259
Pygolampis spurca 349
Pyrgocorypba hamata 226
sallei 225
uncinata 225
Pyrinia aroaria Schaus 171
bertularia Schaus 171
discata Schatis 171
pescoria Schaus 171
sanitaria Schaus 171
Racheospila capysoides Schaus 251
gortaria Schaus 252
pulveraria Schaus 251
viridicincta Schaus • ■ • -252
Eapbiocera 123
Eeduviidffi 349
Rbadinotatum brevipenne 331
Rbaphiomidas 163
Ehaphiorhynchus 148
Rhingiopsis 124
Rhomalea colorata 97
Rbomboptila intermedia Schaus- ■ ■ .174
Ehopalista improbaria Schaus 267
repandaria Schaus 267
vanonaria Schaus 267
Eieolla 4-spinosa 352
I Rhysepbidae 371
DEC, 1901.
INDEX.
PAGE
Rhysephila mexicana 371
Sargns 122
Scepsis 136
Schistocerca alutacea 334
americana 228
carinata 97
damnifica 334
pyraniidata 97, 228
sonorensis 228
vaga 98,228
Scudderia mexicana -88, 222
ungulata 88, 222
Scythropus 308
albidus Fall 309, 310
califoniicus 309
cinereus ... .309
crassicornis 309
elegans 309
ferrugiueus 309
lateralis 309
miscix Fall 310
Selasoma 139
Selenia albilinearia Schaus 180
Semiothisa dentilaria ,'^chaus 167
discata Schaus 168
evauaria Schaus 167
faleonaria Schaus 169
finaria Schaus 169
grisearia Schaus 243
josefaria Schaus 168
mayana Schaus 167
poltronaria Schaus 168
ramparia Schaus 168
tristaria Schaus 169
valmonaria Schaus 168
Sialidse 363
Sialis mexicana Banks 363
Sibara armata 344
Sicya vigasia Schaus 175
Simena unibrifera Schaus 188
Silvius 136
Sparatta dentifera Rehn 218
Spatbophora biclavata 346
Sphserops 151
Spharagemon coUare wyom 332
saxatile 332
Spheuarium borrei 227
icteiicum 96
purpurascens 227
PAGE
Spilocraspida aroaria Schaus 187
umbrilinea Schaus . . .187
Si)iniger nigripennis ... -350
spinidorsis 350
Spododes fiamina Schaus 177
nubilata Schaus 176
Spyridopa 127
Stagmomantis Carolina 331
limbata... 85, 220
Stegoptera 363
Stenalcidia arthura Schaus 185
occidentalis Schaus 185
occulta Schaus 185
sincera Schaus 249
tristaria Schaus 249
Stenopelmatus californicus 336
fasciatus 336
histrio 336
longispina 336
pictus 336
talpa 88, 222
Steuopoda culiciforniis 349
Stibasoma 137
Stilpuochlora azteca 88, 225
marginella 225
tolteca .... 225
Stratiomyia 127
Stylurus 205
segregans 212
Symnietropleura teocelfe Behn 222
Synnomos ? narangia Schaus 180
Syntecbna caudelli Eehn 224
Syrbula adrairabilis 331
eslavie Be.hn 90
valida Rehn 91, 226
Systropus amniophiloides Tow».159, 160
augu latus • 160
imbecilliis 160
infuscatus 160
macer. .'. 160
TabauidiB 133
Tabanus 139
Tachytes elougatus 203
distiuctus 203
Tfeniopoda centuris 228
picticornis 97
Tanystoma 133
Taurocerus enessoides 345
Telniatettix aztecus 229
INDEX.
PAGE
Telonemia validicornis 348
Tephrosia ? centosa Schaus 185
giatoma Schaiis 184
humidaria Schans 185
immarcata Schaus 248
sadrina Schmis 184
Termitidaj 362
Terphis 151
Tetracis pagonaria Schaus 245
Tettigidea chichimeca 229
Tettigonidffi 222, 335
Theoclytes chlorophgea 220
Therina atomaria Schaus 179
pardiria Schaus 245
punctillaria Schaus 179
templadaria Schaus 179
ThersitoEQTia 152
Thyllis 151
Thyrsocera cincta 219
discoidalis 220
Thysanopyga lollia Schaus 246
maresa Schaus 246
Tingidje 348
Tiphia clypeata Robertson 195, 196
floridana Eobt 195
niincensis Robt 195, 196
punctata Robt 195, 196
vulgaris Robt 195
Tomonotus aztecus 96
Tornacontia 55, 83
megocula Smith • • . -55, 58
subtiix 55, 57
Trachelium tessellatum 347
Trichopalpomyia 148
Trichoptera 367
Trichopthalrna 150
Tricorythus explicatus 362
Trimerotropis cseruleipennis .... .332
cristata 333
fascicula 227
ferrugiflea 333
monticola 97
strenua 333
tesellata 333
vinculata 333
PAGE
Truxalis brevicornis 226
lHula tuberculata Banks 366
Urepioue valloma Schaus 177
Vates aunecteus Rehn 85, 221
Veprius 136
Volucella haagii 161
opalescens Townsend 160
Xiph.idium ictum 89, 226
Xylina, Eevision of Species 1
List of species 44
amanda Smith 14, 24
antennata 15, 35
baileyi 16, 39
bethunei 14, 18
coutenta 14, 25
dilatocula Srnith 16, 42
disposlta 14, 17
emarginata Smith 15, 28
fagina 14, 26
ferrealis 14, 22
gausapata 14, 22
georgii 15, 29
grotei 15, 34
hemina 14, 17
holocinerea Smith 15, 28
innoraiuata 14, 20
itata 14, 25
laticinerea 15, 33
lepida 16, 43
longior 15, 27
oregouensis 15, 31
oriunda 14, 21
patefacta 14, 19
pexata 16, 41
puella Smith 15, 30
querqueia 16, 39
semiusta 14, 16
signosa 14, 32
tepida .16. 38
thaxteii 16, 43
torrida 15, 36
unimoda 15, 32
viridipallens 16, 40
Winnipeg Smith 15, 31
Xylophagus 132
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